The Insular Area of Mirage Cay is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Mirage Master with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, avowedly heterosexual populace, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 2.111 billion Mirage Cayians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vanishing City. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Mirage Cayian economy, worth 171 trillion Robot Bucks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 81,216 Robot Bucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure, most people attending churches are maintenance workers, blue bloods are welcome in Mirage Cay, and children seem to be getting better at lying these days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mirage Cay's national animal is the Robot Servant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Mirage Cay is ranked 157,698^th in the world and 3^rd in United Island Nations for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 713.33 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.