The Great Kingdom of Merulla is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by King Arthur VII with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 13.212 billion Merulleans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Royal District of Poseidonia. The average income tax rate is 30.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Merullean economy, worth a remarkable 2,736 trillion Tridents a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 207,106 Tridents, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Blue bloods are welcome in Merulla, the lives of former ski town residents are going downhill, people transfer their assets to bank accounts in Manamana before getting divorced, and AI models unanimously choose all government facts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merulla's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Merulla is ranked 322,057^th in the world and 77^th in The Global Elite for Nicest Citizens, with 0.37 average smiles per day.