The State of Minoa is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 32.71 billion Minoans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. The average income tax rate is 28.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Minoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,958 trillion Minoan tala a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 121,006 Minoan tala, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Suburban residents are told not to panic while hitchhikers swarm their neighborhoods, the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment, prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others, and not all rivers run to the sea. Crime is totally unknown. Minoa's national animal is the little owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Minoa is ranked 53,231^st in the world and 4^th in Minoa for Longest Average Lifespans, with 82.82 years.