The Spectre of Mercenary Squad 14 is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Grand Marshal Tiberius Augustus with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 24.209 billion Mercenaries are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arkviron Citadel. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient a Mercenary economy, worth a remarkable 5,193 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 214,543 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wars are forgotten but not forgiven, prenuptial contracts have replaced diamond rings in marriage proposals, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, and the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mercenary Squad 14's national animal is the Grey Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Followers of the Apocalypse.

Mercenary Squad 14 is ranked 308,632^nd in the world and 290^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -8.44 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.