The Bloody Shadow of Mekhet is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 29.233 billion Mekkyians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 60.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Mekhetian economy, worth a remarkable 2,214 trillion tacoes a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 75,751 tacoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops, the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, and gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mekhet's national animal is the Badger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mekhet is ranked 26,149^th in the world and 214^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 88.9 trillion Standard Monetary Units.