The Socialist Empire of Merijnteren Empire is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Galactic Emperor Evgeni Francis with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.547 billion Merijnenterens love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Merijnenteria. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Merijnenteren economy, worth a remarkable 1,657 trillion Merijnenteren Guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 298,841 Merijnenteren Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Disaster relief budgets are growing like wildfire, residents of newly dried out bays live in fear of leaky dikes, Galactic Emperor Evgeni Francis's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, and fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Merijnteren Empire's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Merijnteren Empire is ranked 8,486^th in the world and 237^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 8,187.45 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.