The Grand Duchy of Mercian Anarchies is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 16.672 billion Mercian Anarchists 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Mercian Anarchiesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,560 trillion nautilus shells 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 93,626 nautilus shells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and bronze and marble supplies are running low as sculptors depict full-figured subjects. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mercian Anarchies's national animal is the German Shepherd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mercian Anarchies is ranked 118,539^th in the world and 5,527^th in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 7.92 kickbacks per hour.