The Principality of Mint Chip 62 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 3.146 billion Mint Chip 62ians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The thriving Mint Chip 62ian economy, worth 155 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 49,406 kronor, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 163,468 per year while the poor average 11,159, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

There is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, and crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Mint Chip 62's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mint Chip 62 is ranked 229,322^nd in the world and 12,270^th in Lazarus for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -2.37 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.