The Human Commonwealth of The Martian Democracy is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Council Of Martian Electeds with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 1.974 billion Martians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pallisade. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Martian economy, worth 320 trillion Dodecillion Martian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 162,364 Dodecillion Martian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The opposition leader's credibility has been undermined by constant attention drawn to a dodgy toupee, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, editorials that criticize the government are legally obligated to display the "pants on fire" warning, and romantic sunsets are no longer interrupted by explosions and monstrous roars. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Martian Democracy's national animal is the Slime, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Humanist Atheism.

The Martian Democracy is ranked 21,613^th in the world and 1,261^st in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 90 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.