The Socialist Empire of Merijnteren Empire is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Galactic Emperor Evgeni Francis with an even hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.065 billion Merijnenterens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Merijnenteria. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Merijnenteren economy, worth a remarkable 1,063 trillion Merijnenteren Guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 261,537 Merijnenteren Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, gambling is outlawed, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Merijnteren Empire's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Merijnteren Empire is ranked 173,756^th in the world and 459^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 167.9 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.