The State of Merciorum is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 20.515 billion Merciorumians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The relatively small, liberal, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Industry is also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The thriving Merciorumian economy, worth 523 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 25,499 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Elections have been outlawed. Crime is a serious problem. Merciorum's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Merciorum is ranked 204,010^th in the world and 552^nd in Ancient Lands for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.