The Grand Nation of Meridis is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical population of 11.292 billion Meridisians 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalheim. The average income tax rate is 84.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Meridisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,550 trillion Septims a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 137,287 Septims, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, school history books often refer to Leader as "that imperialist pig dog", and trespassers entering Leader's office are immediately vaporized. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meridis's national animal is the Snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Meridis is ranked 119,940^th in the world and 92^nd in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.