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The People's Republic of The United Meraldian Councils is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by General Secretary and Chairman Anarchine with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.219 billion Meralds are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Achachapolis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Meraldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,646 trillion Emeralds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 264,802 Emeralds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, organ donation rates have hit a new low, board shorts have replaced board rooms, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The United Meraldian Councils's national animal is the Double-headed vulture, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The United Meraldian Councils is ranked 1,047^th in the world and 17^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 25,137.6 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.