The Nautical Imperium of Superior Bay is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Grand Admiral Ludwig von Gatsby with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 6.501 billion Mariners are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mako Cay. The average income tax rate is 86.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mariner economy, worth a remarkable 2,220 trillion Sand Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 341,555 Sand Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, and national stress about the waning heir-line is causing a rise in alopecia. Crime is totally unknown. Superior Bay's national animal is the Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Cult of the Depths.

Superior Bay is ranked 5,655^th in the world and 2^nd in Mahtomedi for Largest Black Market, with 1,465 trillion Standard Monetary Units.