The Commonwealth of Marigold Isles is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Istvan Vászoly with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 1.108 billion Islanders are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vízmét. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.3%.

The thriving Marigold Islesian economy, worth 82.1 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 74,122 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, major internet servers have acquired citizenship, Istvan Vászoly has just been declared ruler of Marigold Isles in an international press conference, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Marigold Isles's national animal is the Rooster, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Marigold Isles is ranked 170,324^th in the world and 2^nd in The house in the middle of nowhere for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 658.74 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.