The Demkratska Narodna Republika of Mercov is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by General Secretary Vierjan Voda with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 4.615 billion Mercovians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vivisaksoa. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mercovian economy, worth 512 trillion Mercoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 110,997 Mercoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, the government finds the idea of having an army to be rather distasteful, the amount welfare recipients spend on fertilizer has exploded, and officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mercov's national animal is the Sea Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Mercovian Orthodoxy.

Mercov is ranked 17,956^th in the world and 29^th in Karma for Highest Poor Incomes, with 97,437.18 Standard Monetary Units.