| Population | 5.922 billion |
| Capital | Markagrad |
| Leader | the Markagrad Soviet |
| Faith | State Atheism |
| Currency | Florin |
| Animal | termite |
The Socialist State of Markadan is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Markagrad Soviet with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.922 billion Markadani love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Markagrad. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The strong Markadani economy, worth 507 trillion Florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming and Book Publishing. Average income is 85,724 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The Markagrad Soviet has been nicknamed 'Robomop', the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, and citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Markadan's national animal is the termite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.
Markadan is ranked 4,188th in the world and 128th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 133.81 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
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Markadan was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Inclusive, Most Beautiful Environments, Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Most Advanced Public Education, and Most Influential.
- : Markadan was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
- : Markadan was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
- : Markadan was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
- : Markadan was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Zombified.
- : Following new legislation in Markadan, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections.
- : Markadan was reclassified from "Democratic Socialists" to "Liberal Democratic Socialists".
- : Markadan applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Following new legislation in Markadan, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus.
- : Following new legislation in Markadan, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative.
