The State of Myerthorpe is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.727 billion Myerthorpeans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.4%.

The very strong Myerthorpean economy, worth a remarkable 1,112 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 70,731 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 455,870 per year while the poor average 4,433, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Myerthorpe has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Myerthorpe in an international press conference, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, and the government keeps introducing new foreign species to combat the previous ones it has introduced. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Myerthorpe's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Myerthorpe is ranked 12,620^th in the world and 29^th in Ancient Lands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 43.56 law-abiding acts per hour.