The Constitutional Monarchy of Mereistan is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sealandball XV with an iron fist, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 3.454 billion Mereis 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 medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mer-en-Ville. The average income tax rate is 62.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mereistanian economy, worth 427 trillion Merei Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 123,575 Merei Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aristocracy is given the bird and called out as a lark, aeroplanes have been converted into housing units after all air travel was outlawed, citizens must have a license to operate a computer, and mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mereistan's national animal is the North American Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mereistan is ranked 12,416^th in the world and 5^th in Arctica for Nicest Citizens, with 27.89 average smiles per day.