The Democratic States of Meralicia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and public floggings. The democratic population of 11.848 billion Meralicians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mellerstad. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Meralician economy, worth 517 trillion kronor a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports and Information Technology. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 43,716 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned wolfball fields, male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room, the Meralicia Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', and multiple polls have christened the newly-formed Filibuster Committee as "the least efficient government bureaucracy". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meralicia's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Meralicia is ranked 16,724^th in the world and 7^th in The LCRUA for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,768.74 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.