The United Empire of Mutan is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Oleksander I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.9 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, socially-minded, 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 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Mutanian economy, worth 360 trillion Pecunias 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 92,447 Pecunias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, the media have begun calling the government treasury "Oleksander I's stash", and a positive pregnancy test doubles as a visa. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded 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 40,475^th in the world and 193^rd in the Outback for Most Cultured, scoring 74 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.