The Free Land of Meraud is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Administrator Alexandersson with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, rampant corporate plagiarism, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.74 billion Meraudians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Administration and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mercan. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Meraudian economy, worth a remarkable 1,337 trillion Pallas a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 233,071 Pallas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,193,303 per year while the poor average 24,994, a ratio of 47.7 to 1.

The recital of citations that follows any political speech can be longer than the speech itself, a formerly quiet little town is now booming as both a cult centre and a tourist attraction, the paparazzi publicize Royal scandals with the utmost delight, and a commonwealth of equal nations recognises that Meraud is a bit more equal than the others. Crime is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Meraud's national animal is the Plesiosaur, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Parva Christi.

Meraud is ranked 84,700^th in the world and 3^rd in Anti Discord Alliance for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 66.89 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.