The Conciliar Republic of Menerba is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 684 million Menerbans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Menèrba. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Menerban economy, worth 73.0 trillion pesetas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 106,662 pesetas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, criminals identify as innocent, and an online tea-bagging epidemic is getting worse and (meta)worse. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Menerba's national animal is the little owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Menerba is ranked 61,061^st in the world and 483^rd in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 155.21 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.