The Gaelic World of Merrn is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Francky Forsyth with an iron fist, and remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 28.766 billion Merrnians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. The average income tax rate is 43.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Merrnian economy, worth 577 trillion Dimes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 20,073 Dimes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties, Anglicanism has been named as Merrn's national religion, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, and Francky Forsyth has just been declared ruler of Merrn in an international press conference. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merrn's national animal is the whale and its national religion is Anglicanism.

Merrn is ranked 173,213^th in the world and 2^nd in Chippewa for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.98 law-abiding acts per hour.