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The character of the galaxy cluster population holds clues to the identity of the particular world model that best describes our universe. Although clusters are complex in their fine detail, their dark matter and intracluster medium (ICM) content appear to be well described by relatively simple processes driven by gravitationally induced mergers. After reviewing theoretical frameworks of spherical...