The Nautical Imperium of Superior Bay is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Admiral Ludwig von Gatsby with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 6.432 billion Mariners 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mako Cay. The average income tax rate is 85.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Mariner economy, worth a remarkable 2,194 trillion Sand Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 341,197 Sand Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

The best defense is a good fence, unpopular scientists are shunned by name, Superior Bay recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, and riot police are stationed around paintings of violent protestors. Crime is totally unknown. Superior Bay's national animal is the Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Cult of the Depths.

Superior Bay is ranked 77,285^th in the world and 2^nd in Mahtomedi for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,058.57 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.