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The Grand Nation of Meridis is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, cynical population of 12.478 billion Meridisians 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalheim. The average income tax rate is 85.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Meridisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,702 trillion Septims a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 136,445 Septims, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, first-time moms are expected to be experienced parents from day one, and brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Meridis's national animal is the Snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Meridis is ranked 155,685^th in the world and 161^st in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 1,600.6 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.