The Roman Empire of Minachia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Octavian VII with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 7.601 billion Minachians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velitrae. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Minachian economy, worth a remarkable 1,008 trillion Denarii a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 132,703 Denarii, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 551,421 per year while the poor average 20,906, a ratio of 26.4 to 1.

National stress about the waning heir-line is causing a rise in alopecia, internet sites are legally unable to stop their users from posting pornography, Minachian housewives become unusually flustered when thinking about Emperor Octavian VII, and etiquette guides advise visitors to 'grovel gracefully'. Crime is totally unknown. Minachia's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Minachia is ranked 48,108^th in the world and 4^th in Elparia for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 68.14 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.