The Vaporizing Illuminance of Mesmerizing is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its frequent executions, avant-garde cinema, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10.84 billion Mesmerizingians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.6%.

The very strong Mesmerizingian economy, worth 623 trillion wefwefws a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 57,522 wefwefws, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 182,596 per year while the poor average 13,808, a ratio of 13.2 to 1.

Immigrants are required to salute the flag five times a day, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names, and a major religion has been named as Mesmerizing's national religion. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Mesmerizing's national animal is the wefwewfew, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mesmerizing is ranked 241,416^th in the world and 49^th in 555 for Highest Poor Incomes, with 13,808.15 Standard Monetary Units.