The Twenty Four Free lands of Meropis is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 24.541 billion Meropisians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Industry, with Education, Defense, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Big Place. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Meropisian economy, worth an astonishing 12,771 trillion Pompas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 520,434 Pompas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,822,884 per year while the poor average 107,884, a ratio of 16.9 to 1.

It's illegal to blow things up, the fattest folk in Meropis look to be the happiest ones, the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams, and violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Meropis's national animal is the Bombus Terrestris, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Truth.

Meropis is ranked 5,663^rd in the world and 117^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,198.75 pounds of wildlife per square mile.