The State of Marantette is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.86 billion Marantetteans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The very strong Marantettean economy, worth a remarkable 1,124 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. Average income is 47,128 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 320,413 per year while the poor average 2,532, a ratio of 126 to 1.

All tariffs have been abolished, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, Marantette has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Marantette in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Marantette's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Marantette is ranked 90,729^th in the world and 2^nd in Queens for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 90.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.