The Conciliar Republic of Menerba is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by First Consul Catarina Fauré with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 879 million Menerbans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Menèrba. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Menerban economy, worth 104 trillion pesetas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 118,362 pesetas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

International negotiations always lead to a lot of missile-laneous expenses, the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, and asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Menerba's national animal is the little owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Menerba is ranked 8,184^th in the world and 162^nd in Europe for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.55 percentage of bribes refused.