The Dominion of St Mary Islands is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.215 billion St Mary Islandsians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The very strong St Mary Islandsian economy, worth 329 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 63,263 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 198,699 per year while the poor average 15,422, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime is moderate. St Mary Islands's national animal is the Green headed Parrot, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

St Mary Islands is ranked 183,171^st in the world and 193^rd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Safest, scoring 53.2 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.