Hello,
I collected the data regarding all the Merits given since it was introduced (updated till 6th of April) an put it into a graph which can be navigated, this can give a pretty good idea how and where the Merits are getting distributed across the whole forum.
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I think there's something wrong with the data:
Up until the 23/03/2018, my calculations were as follows (much in line with with Zentdex's "Where the merit pours" distribution).
This is what I calculated:

In your Data for example, the Local Board adds up to 19.003, which is half of my calculation (and I calculated it 2 weeks before so there should be more, not less in your graph...).