The Grand Nation of Meridis is a titanic, cultured nation, remarkable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical population of 16.263 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalheim. The average income tax rate is 83.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Meridisian economy, worth a remarkable 2,274 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 139,845 Septims, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, the government is hounded to provide tissues whenever the feelings of the Dàguó people are hurt, Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Meridis as a reminder of their "special relationship", and greased palms have made Leader's office smell like gravy. 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 3,163^rd in the world and 9^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 22,051.08 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.