The Dictatorship of Merlance is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Merci with an iron fist, and notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.222 billion Mercians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cania. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mercean economy, worth a remarkable 1,017 trillion Conchias 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. 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 amazing 315,772 Conchias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, foreign leaders with unpaid parking tickets are often refused entry, Mercean tourists are encouraged to hand out spare condoms to locals while on vacation, and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merlance's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Mercism.

Merlance is ranked 330,202^nd in the world and 7^th in Atrax for Least Corrupt Governments, with 6.16 percentage of bribes refused.