The Spectre of Mercenary Squad 14 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand General Tiberius Augustus with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 19.062 billion Mercenaries are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arkviron Citadel. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient a Mercenary economy, worth a remarkable 4,073 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 213,696 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts, and stuttering trypanophobes are doomed never to marry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mercenary Squad 14's national animal is the Grey Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Followers of the Apocalypse.

Mercenary Squad 14 is ranked 7,944^th in the world and 9^th in Realm of the Whispering Winds for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,821.61 pounds of wildlife per square mile.