The The Elemental Union communit of Kuministan is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Elemental Shoguns with an even hand, and remarkable for its fear of technology, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.483 billion Kumīníyăn have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 5 Citys. The average income tax rate is 55.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Kumīní economy, worth 190 trillion Ryōs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,608 Ryōs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Posh restaurants scatter glass fragments on the dining room floor to keep out barefoot undesirables, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, foreign workers are flooding in as Ryōs flood out, and cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kuministan's national animal is the The 10 tailed spirits, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shīwàn T'ailu Kumīní.

Kuministan is ranked 268,518^th in the world and 83^rd in Flanelistan for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 24,573.89 Standard Monetary Units.