The United Empire of Mutan is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Oleksander I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.134 billion Mutanians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rome. The average income tax rate is 65.4%.

The thriving Mutanian economy, worth 439 trillion Pecunias a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 106,290 Pecunias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Mutan, music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, the house always wins, and the mark of a good ruler is the largeness of his chin. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mutan's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Mutan is ranked 183,809^th in the world and 796^th in the Outback for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.