The Pristine Redoubt of Mindalia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Glorious Empress Rydia with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 44.479 billion Mindalians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rydane. The average income tax rate is 53.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mindalian economy, worth an astonishing 21,991 trillion kronars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 494,423 kronars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hedge fund managers are diversifying into herbaceous borders, the intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network, young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid, and mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Mindalia's national animal is the mongoose, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mindalia is ranked 291,438^th in the world and 1^st in The Green World for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.17 kickbacks per hour.