The Free republic of Megaria is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-working, democratic population of 660 million Megarians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Andrewsburg. The average income tax rate is 16.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Megarian economy, worth 44.0 trillion Megarian marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 66,696 Megarian marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Photographers have to apply for a license to photograph Leader, Eckie-Ecola has declared that their soda poop is The Real Thing, much of Megaria's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, and spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Megaria's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Megaria is ranked 46,067^th in the world and 2,537^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.