The Kingdom of PlanetMercury is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Freddie Mercury with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, parental licensing program, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.092 billion PlanetMercuries 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kensington. The average income tax rate is 35.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient PlanetMercuryian economy, worth a remarkable 5,069 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 359,761 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Serial killers are the country's biggest import, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, the mummified remains of former kings are apparently discovered every time a tourist loses their wallet, and Kensington is a police state during international summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PlanetMercury's national animal is the Cat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

PlanetMercury is ranked 414^th in the world and 15^th in The North Pacific for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 109,089.88 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.