The Theocracy of Merronia is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 189 million Merronians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 29.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Merronian economy, worth 7.26 trillion Mèrks 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 Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 38,411 Mèrks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Merronia has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, children talking about the food chain are routinely arrested, everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, and pharmacists increasingly claim they are morally obligated to take long lunches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merronia's national animal is the Crow.

Merronia is ranked 253,333^rd in the world and 9^th in Paraxias Storage for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 519.46 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.