The Republic of Merp Mor is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 628 million Merp Morians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 30.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Merp Morian economy, worth 18.8 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,900 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, and Merp Mor has designated Merp Mor City as its capital city. Crime is almost non-existent. Merp Mor's national animal is the kangaroo.

Merp Mor is ranked 167,877^th in the world and 2^nd in Altoria for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 70.81 on the Clooney Contribution Index.