The Free State of Minos is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Legate Felicity Evans with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.673 billion Minosians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Knossos. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The strong Minosian economy, worth 398 trillion denaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. Average income is 70,226 denaris, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

Legate Felicity Evans has just been declared ruler of Minos in an international press conference, Minos has designated Knossos as its capital city, police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races, and promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Minos's national animal is the bull and its national religion is Tellurism.

Minos is ranked 22,584^th in the world and 1^st in The West Atlantic for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,992.96 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.