The Twenty Four Free lands of Meropis is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 24.518 billion Meropisians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Industry, with Education, Defense, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Big Place. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Meropisian economy, worth an astonishing 12,752 trillion Pompas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 520,117 Pompas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,799,786 per year while the poor average 109,831, a ratio of 16.4 to 1.

The pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, the nation's "surprisingly chill" military is renowned for its horrendous war crimes, punitive tariffs protect local industry, and The Leader's office is running a trade deficit of midnight oil. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Meropis's national animal is the Bombus Terrestris, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Truth.

Meropis is ranked 293,025^th in the world and 1,484^th in Europe for Most Primitive, scoring -1363.7 on the Scary Big Number Scale.