The Republic of MercSanity is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 5.362 billion MercSanityians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 9.8%.

The MercSanityian economy, worth 277 trillion Spare Changes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 51,823 Spare Changes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. MercSanity's national animal is the Independent entity, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

MercSanity is ranked 186,245^th in the world and 189^th in Thaecia for Safest, scoring 51.04 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.