The Union of New Merakh is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Mor Surya with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.484 billion Merakhis 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.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kesat. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The powerhouse Merakhi economy, worth a remarkable 2,049 trillion yins 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 Tourism. Average income is an impressive 124,338 yins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fraternities are notorious for drunken hooliganism, sharing vacation pictures requires written consent from the entire beach resort, Merakhis are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, and where there's smoke there's the Merakhi Forestry Department. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Merakh's national animal is the goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Merakh is ranked 242,043^rd in the world and 13,363^rd in Osiris for Largest Black Market, with 222 billion Standard Monetary Units.