The Democratic Republic of Meritotius is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by High Representative with an even hand, and renowned for its lack of airports, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 5.035 billion Meritotiusians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Green Village. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Meritotiusian economy, worth 449 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,196 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Commercial jingles have been ham-handedly forced into world renowned symphonies, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption, and talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meritotius's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Meritotius is ranked 15,562^nd in the world and 876^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 100 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.