The Queendom of Marre is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 660 million Marreses hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grode. The average income tax rate is 24.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Marrean economy, worth 23.9 trillion Kronor a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,223 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Grode, bins outnumber trees in city parks, voting district maps are said to resemble a tyrannosaurus eating the capital, and bronze and marble supplies are running low as sculptors depict full-figured subjects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Marre's national animal is the Stellar's Sea Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Marre is ranked 248,375^th in the world and 4,609^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -27.39 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.