The Republic of Merdelia is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.923 billion Merdelians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Public Transport. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.2%.

The strong Merdelian economy, worth 390 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 49,229 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

In life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, a major religion has been named as Merdelia's national religion, Leader has just been declared ruler of Merdelia in an international press conference, and Merdelia has designated Merdelia City as its capital city. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merdelia's national animal is the wolf.

Merdelia is ranked 225,709^th in the world and 2^nd in abrasively for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.74 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.