The Rebellious Teen Fishperson of Little Mermraider is a massive, pleasant nation, ruled by Ariel with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.404 billion Mermraiders have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantica. The average income tax rate is 21.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Little Mermraiderian economy, worth 135 trillion sand dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,757 sand dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, academics are questioning the quality of the nation's newly-reprinted science textbooks, the government makes bereaved siblings into bereaved orphans, and Ariel has just been declared ruler of Little Mermraider in an international press conference. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Little Mermraider's national animal is the seahorse, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans, and its national religion is Chfishianity.

Little Mermraider is ranked 156,446^th in the world and 5,987^th in Suspicious for Most Corrupt Governments, with 3.24 kickbacks per hour.