The Federation of Merlovich is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister Julia Bishop with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, national health service, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 7.802 billion Merlovichans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hirane. The average income tax rate is 87.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Merlovichan economy, worth a remarkable 1,186 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 152,096 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, there's no representation without taxation, and the nation excels at displacement. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merlovich's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No Official Religion.

Merlovich is ranked 120,872^nd in the world and 5,126^th in The East Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 987.77 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.