The People's Republic of Martanat is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Secretary with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cynical population of 4.168 billion Martanatians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Martanatia. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Martanatian economy, worth 526 trillion Crowns 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 126,217 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Snitches get riches, soldiers must key in their passwords every time they want to reload their weapons, the nation is automatically assumed to be the source of all unmarked weapons, and government employees from Martanat dominate international lumberjack competitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Martanat's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Martanat is ranked 13,283^rd in the world and 349^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,332.3 pounds of wildlife per square mile.