The Constitutional Monarchy of Maerub is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its vat-grown people, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 249 million Maerubians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 52.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Maerubian economy, worth 21.6 trillion mïrs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,548 mïrs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, it's a long jump to get onto the housing ladder, pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy, and theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maerub's national animal is the springbok, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maerub is ranked 79,912^th in the world and 179^th in Carcassonne for Highest Average Incomes, with 86,548.45 Standard Monetary Units.