The Travelling Companion of Marci is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-working, democratic population of 5.295 billion Marcians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 50.6%.

The strong Marcian economy, worth 259 trillion rubles a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,064 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, and pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marci's national animal is the dolphin.

Marci is ranked 89,598^th in the world and 786^th in Remembrance for Most Conservative, scoring 70.18 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.