The Republic of Eastern Marlan is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 312 million Eastern Marlanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Eastern Marlanian economy, worth 10.9 trillion marts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 34,866 marts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teachers are routinely tested to keep their jobs, visions of giant pink White-tailed Tropicbirds are a common side effect after Eastern Marlanians eat their meals, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, and news headlines suggest that Leader has a sideline in guinea pig pimping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern Marlan's national animal is the White-tailed Tropicbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Eastern Marlan is ranked 191,914^th in the world and 1,679^th in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 57.98 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.