The State of Minoa is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 32.643 billion Minoans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. The average income tax rate is 28.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Minoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,938 trillion Minoan tala a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 120,649 Minoan tala, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Schoolchildren are divided over Leader's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, suburban residents are told not to panic while hitchhikers swarm their neighborhoods, the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment, and prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others. Crime is totally unknown. Minoa's national animal is the little owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Minoa is ranked 12,642^nd in the world and 3^rd in Minoa for Smartest Citizens, with 85.76 quips per hour.