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The Grand Republic of Great Marsinia

“He who sweats more in peace, bleeds less in war.”

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The Grand Republic of Great Marsinia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by National Assembly with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 18.314 billion Marsinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cynosura. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Marsinian economy, worth a remarkable 3,175 trillion Idoles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 173,418 Idoles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Marsinian mussels the biggest in the South Pacific, and it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Marsinia's national animal is the Tippler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is laïcité.

Great Marsinia is ranked 276,396^th in the world and 5,164^th in the South Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -291.18 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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