The Federation of Mihineve is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 852 million Mihineveans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 44.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mihinevean economy, worth 38.0 trillion Mihinevean Francs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,612 Mihinevean Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors, and the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mihineve's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mihineve is ranked 234,901^st in the world and 198^th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 7.75 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.