The Nationalist Nation of Mercian Legions is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its parental licensing program, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 595 million Mercians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liberty. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mercian economy, worth 72.6 trillion Imperial Currencies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 122,014 Imperial Currencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention, and pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mercian Legions's national animal is the Sand Manticore.

Mercian Legions is ranked 251,515^th in the world and 4,693^rd in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 45.24 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.