The Principality of Merantang Kota is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Hawan Donyan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.946 billion Tainges enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hunnei. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Taingese economy, worth 132 trillion MK Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 68,074 MK Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Statues of famous citizens are erected or demolished on a purely partisan basis, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, the words guilty and evidence have left the Taingese lexicon, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merantang Kota's national animal is the Peafowl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Merantang Kota is ranked 235,228^th in the world and 3,622^nd in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 8.1 Obesity Rate.