The Dominion of Mersialot is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 254 million Mersialotians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Mersialotian economy, worth 7.70 trillion vialoes a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 30,309 vialoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and panicking criminals no longer flush contraband down the toilet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mersialot's national animal is the goat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mersialot is ranked 235,646^th in the world and 403^rd in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 52.34 on the Human Development Index.