The State of Mare Atlas is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 29.389 billion Mare Atlasians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 53.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Mare Atlasian economy, worth 930 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 31,645 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, military funding has been stripped back, Mare Atlas has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Mare Atlas in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mare Atlas's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mare Atlas is ranked 19,836^th in the world and 1^st in British North Atlantic for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,185.59 on the Clooney Contribution Index.