Merriamia

**Merriamia**, officially the **Federative Republic of Merriamia** (Spanish: *República Federativa de Merriamia*), is a sovereign nation that is located under the southernmost part of Greenland. Merriamia is the twelfth-largest country in the world with a mainland area of 2,199,557 km2 (849,253 sq mi). The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-nine states and a federal administrative region. The states and the federal region where the capital is located have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. There are no official language but English and Spanish are the most spoken language in the nation.

## Geography

Merriamia is a relatively large, narrow country that is located under the southernmost part of Greenland, The southernmost part of the country is bordered by Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Merriamia is composed of 29 states, along with the federal administrative region.

The capital city, **Antonia** (named after Josepe Antonia, a Spanish-born Merriamian politician who served as the First President of Merriamia from 1795 to 1800) is home of 972,660 citizens located in the Federal Administrative Region which is located in the northeasternmost part of the nation and the most urbanized state. The largest city, **Salvador** (named after Mauricio Salvador, a Merriamian politician who served as the Second President of Merriamia from 1800 to 1805) is located in the Central Merriamian Region.

### Regions

Merriamia is a federation composed of 29 states, one federal administrative region and the 5122 municipalities. States have autonomous administrations, collect their own taxes and receive a share of taxes collected by the Federal government. They have a governor and a unicameral legislative body elected directly by their voters. They also have independent Courts of Law for common justice. Despite this, states have much less autonomy to create their own laws than in the United States. For example, criminal and civil laws can be voted by only the federal bicameral Congress and are uniform throughout the country.

The states and the federal administrative region may be grouped into 9 regions:

* North Region
* Northeastern Region
* Federal Administrative Region
* Northwestern Region
* North Central Region
* South Central Region
* South Region
* Southeastern Region
* Southwestern Region

### Climate

The climate of Merriamia is predominantly temperate but varies greatly from north to south. It is bordered by one Canadian province, Newfoundland and Labrador and it is near Prins Christianssund, Greenland, just 10km away. The average temperature in Merriamia is 8.2°C (46.76**°F**). The lowest temperature ever measured in the nation, -21°C (-5.8**°F**), was recorded on December 25, 2001 and the highest temperature ever recorded in the nation, 31°C (87.8**°F**) was recorded on July 21, 2011

### Military

The armed forces of Merriamia ranks the 3rd in North America placing Mexico 4th by active personnel and the 4th largest in terms of military equipment. It consists of the Merriamian Army (including the Army Aviation Command), the Merriamian Navy (including the Marine Corps and Naval Aviation), and the Merriamian Air Force. Merriamia's conscription policy gives it one of the world's largest military forces, estimated at more than 1.1 million reservists annually.

Numbering close to 224,000 active personnel, the Merriamian Army has one of the largest number of armored vehicles.

Merriamia's navy, the fourth-largest in the Americas, once operated some of the most powerful warships in the world with the two *Puño de Hierro*-class dreadnoughts.

## Economy

Merriamia is an economic powerhouse ranking the 9th in the world in terms of nominal GDP, and ranking 7th in the world in terms of purchasing power parity. As of 2019, Merriamia has a GDP nominal of US$1.94 trillion (Per capita: US$14,772) (MR₱2.66 trillion; Per capita: MR₱20,326) and a GDP PPP of US$4.06 trillion (Per capita: US$29,951) (MR₱5.58 trillion; Per capita: MR₱41,214). Merriamia uses the Merriamian Peso as the currency of the nation.

### Science and technology

In 2019, Merriamia spent approximately MR₱29.7 billion on domestic research and development, of which around of ₱6 billion was provided by the federal government. As of 2018, the country has produced nine Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, and medicine, and was ranked tenth worldwide for scientific research quality in a major 2012 survey of international scientists. Merriamia has one of the highest levels of Internet access in the world, with over 203 million users, equivalent to around 97% of it's 2014 population.

### Trading Partners

#### Current

* United States
* Philippines
* Magisteria
* Canada
* Spain
* Russia
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Mexico
* India
* Japan
* South Korea
* North Korea
* Norway
* Finland
* Kazakhstan

#### Former

* China
* Czech Republic

## Infrastructure

### Energy

As of 2018, 38% of Merriamia's energy was produced from petroleum, 24% from coal, 21.7% from natural gas, 3.9% from hydropower and 1.5% from nuclear power.

### Science and technology

Technological research in Merriamia is largely carried out in public universities and research institutes, with the majority of funding for basic research coming from various government agencies. Merriamia's most esteemed technological hubs are the Cesar Tobias Institute, the Villalobos Institute, the Merriamian Air Force's Aerospace Technical Center, the Merriamian Agricultural Research Corporation and MNSRI or the Merriamian National Space Research Institute.

The Merriamian Space Agency has an advanced space program, with significant resources to launch vehicles, and manufacture of satellites. Owner of relative technological sophistication, the country develops submarines, aircraft, as well as being involved in space research, having a Vehicle Launch Center Light and being the only country in the Southern Hemisphere the integrate team building International Space Station (ISS).

## Politics

The form of government is a democratic federative republic, with a presidential system. The president is both head of state and head of government of the Union and is elected for a five-year term, with the possibility of re-election for a second successive term. The 35th and current president is Paulino Ribeiro, the first African-American President of Merriamia. The Merriamian political system is operated under the 1945 Merriamian constitution.

## Media

Merriamian media mainly uses English and Spanish. Merriamia has four main free-to-air television networks: MTC, ABC, TV5 and ITV. Television commercial breaks last for 1-5 minutes.

## People/Trends

* Merriamia's currency is the peso.
* Merriamia's dialing code is +1
* The average age in Merriamia is 60
* The marriage age in Merriamia is 22-24
* Merriamia is the third most populated nation in North America behind the United States and Magisteria, with a population of 208,677,455.