The Republic of Martenyika is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Maxime Zubele with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, fear of technology, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 10.413 billion Martenyikans 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Healthcare, although Education, Defense, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kessa. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Martenyikan economy, worth 480 trillion Kejs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,127 Kejs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Video evidence of cruel animal experiments tends to be of poor quality, the environment is gorgeous so long as you're looking up, 75% of the words in government-funded "Super Fun Maths Games" are probably inaccurate, and tumbleweed drifts through the nation's shopping centres during the weekends. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Martenyika's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Martenyika is ranked 68,617^th in the world and 78^th in The Western Isles for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.99 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.