The Twenty Four Free lands of Meropis is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, infamous sell-swords, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 24.466 billion Meropisians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Industry, with Education, Defense, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Big Place. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Meropisian economy, worth an astonishing 12,739 trillion Pompas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is a breathtaking 520,720 Pompas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,471,952 per year while the poor average 147,379, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Meropisian athletes are close to breaking the 2 minute mile and the 16 meter long jump, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, edutainment video games are taking Meropis's students to the next level, and t-shirts displaying a photo of The Leader performing the Full-Monty are selling out. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Meropis's national animal is the Bombus Terrestris, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Truth.

Meropis is ranked 294,137^th in the world and 1,505^th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 2.25 law-abiding acts per hour.