The Mining Company of Union miniere is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and public floggings. The cynical, devout population of 6.802 billion Union miniereans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 46.7%.

The powerhouse Union minierean economy, worth 662 trillion Cobalts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,350 Cobalts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, 4-year-olds studying for their mathematics exams are anxious that they will be unemployable in adulthood if they fail, the government is under the thumb of countless special interests, and Union miniere City is a police state during international summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union miniere's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union miniere is ranked 42,555^th in the world and 2,298^th in Balder for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,183.26 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.