The United Socialist States of Margastan is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 154 million Margastanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Margastanian economy, worth 1.96 trillion florins 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 12,736 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats expel enough hot air to cause forest fires, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, burglars are known for taking cash, socks, and other valuables, and the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Margastan's national animal is the monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Margastan is ranked 313,572^nd in the world and 607^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 320.82 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.