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Most Beautiful Environments: 3,259thLeast Corrupt Governments: 3,444thHighest Average Tax Rates: 3,447th
The Poppin' Potato of
Left-wing Utopia
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Influence
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Region
Civil Rights
World Benchmark
Economy
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Political Freedom
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MERIZoC

Population22.417 billion

CapitalBant Haal
LeaderThe Khan Council
FaithTengrism

CurrencyCodum
Animalwhale

The Poppin' Potato of MERIZoC is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Khan Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.417 billion Merrans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bant Haal. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The enormous but underdeveloped Merrish economy, worth a remarkable 1,304 trillion Codums a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 58,187 Codums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

People find it hard to relate to soldiers because of the dehumanising masks they wear, cults that offer eternal life after death to those who follow a self-sacrificing saviour are frowned upon, a common response to government PSAs is "well, DUH, obviously", and five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. Crime is totally unknown. MERIZoC's national animal is the whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Tengrism.

MERIZoC is ranked 5,583rd in the world and 1st in Tofulinearity for Most Cultured, scoring 158 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Most Beautiful Environments: 3,259thLeast Corrupt Governments: 3,444thHighest Average Tax Rates: 3,447thBest Weather: 3,542ndHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 3,570thMost Stationary: 3,786thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 3,811thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 4,090thMost Rebellious Youth: 4,330thMost Cheerful Citizens: 4,427thMost Pacifist: 4,700thMost Advanced Public Transport: 5,236thMost Cultured: 5,583rdLargest Welfare Programs: 6,165thNicest Citizens: 6,778thLargest Governments: 7,113thMost Compassionate Citizens: 7,502ndMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 8,332ndHighest Food Quality: 8,531stHealthiest Citizens: 8,596thSafest: 9,352ndSmartest Citizens: 10,233rdMost Influential: 10,384thMost Advanced Public Education: 11,704thLargest Populations: 12,269thLongest Average Lifespans: 12,501stMost Valuable International Artwork: 14,649thMost Inclusive: 14,988thTop
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Nudest: 16,716thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 18,612thHighest Economic Output: 21,125thMost Politically Free: 27,614th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Inclusive.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nudest and Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Free.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : MERIZoC was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Inclusive.

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