The Federated State of Minnonigan is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Scarlett Peckynski with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.242 billion Minnonigonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thomasford. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Minnoniganian economy, worth a remarkable 2,518 trillion Minnonigonian Dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,063 Minnonigonian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Late night talk show hosts are having a field day over Scarlett Peckynski's questionably sane new coalition partners, scientists take credit every time it rains in The Leftist Assembly, punting clubs and posh accents have been added to the national curriculum, and death is nobody's business. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Minnonigan's national animal is the South Archantan Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Minnonigan is ranked 3,410^th in the world and 18^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 21,330.24 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.