The Land Down Under of Merlovich is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and daily referendums. The compassionate population of 13.046 billion Merlovichans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hirane. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Merlovichan economy, worth a remarkable 2,048 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,012 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, many aides in Leader's office are known to be serial jaywalkers, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, and ancient antique swords have had their blades replaced with latex boffer LARP replicas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Merlovich's national animal is the Wallaby, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Merlovich is ranked 221,424^th in the world and 3,528^th in The East Pacific for Nudest, with 95.25 cheeks per square mile.