The Linux Distribution of Linux Mint is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.175 billion Linux Mintians, 1.119 billion of whom are zombies, are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 75.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Linux Mintian economy, worth a remarkable 1,109 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 155,003 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, the overhead luggage compartment is often full, and ministers are now allowed to put suggestions in the governmental suggestion box. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Linux Mint's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Linux Mint is ranked 6,367^th in the world and 1^st in Aetherius for Nudest, with 1,130.25 cheeks per square mile.