The Grumpy Old Grinch of Mediobogdum is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by His Immaculate Munchiness with an iron fist, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.837 billion Mediobogdumians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gariannonum. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mediobogdumian economy, worth a remarkable 4,880 trillion New Year Resolutions a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 259,078 New Year Resolutions, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

People think garlic bread counts as one of their "five a day", armed police are cracking down on untaxed collectable-card-trading in local junior schools, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, and heart attacks are regarded as a coming of age ritual. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mediobogdum's national animal is the Gyr Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

Mediobogdum is ranked 18,263^rd in the world and 393^rd in the West Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 64.62 quips per hour.