The District of Maartel is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Liard with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 48.027 billion Maartias enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 7.2%.

The thriving Maartelian economy, worth a remarkable 2,455 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Average income is 51,131 aurums, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

City rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones, Liard has just been declared ruler of Maartel in an international press conference, women wearing male lounge-wear are quizzed for hours by mental health practitioners, and the first half of cabinet meetings include Liard complaining about the reasonable nation theory (Maartel has found 2 easter eggs). Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Maartel's national animal is the bovina.

Maartel is ranked 216,511^th in the world and 1^st in Maartel for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 252.77 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.