The Commonwealth of Mendevia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Archon with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 39.58 billion Mendevians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tharkad. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mendevian economy, worth a remarkable 7,794 trillion Mendevian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 196,930 Mendevian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace', wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, and the practice of capital punishment proves divisive. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mendevia's national animal is the Mendevian Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Episcopal Church.

Mendevia is ranked 83,516^th in the world and 17^th in Union of Christian Nations for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 67.11 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.