The Colony of Marktstadt is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.172 billion Marktstadtians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.9%.

The thriving Marktstadtian economy, worth 156 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 72,244 aurums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 255,721 per year while the poor average 14,736, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

National chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Marktstadt's national animal is the bovina, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Marktstadt is ranked 229,055^th in the world and 5^th in Zimbabwe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 731.18 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.