The Twenty Four Free lands of Meropis is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 24.546 billion Meropisians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Education, Defense, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Big Place. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Meropisian economy, worth an astonishing 12,801 trillion Pompas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 521,512 Pompas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,817,145 per year while the poor average 108,972, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

Violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, untold millions of Pompas are going into a new government-funded maternity leave scheme, and charity workers were first up against the wall when the time came. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Meropis's national animal is the Bombus Terrestris, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Truth.

Meropis is ranked 802^nd in the world and 8^th in Europe for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 16,330.56 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.