The Republic of Mincestia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Penguinson with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.691 billion Mincestians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Penguin's Creek. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Mincestian economy, worth 138 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 81,742 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork, a soldier's body is a temple, and the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mincestia's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Orthodox.

Mincestia is ranked 66,332^nd in the world and 2,223^rd in the South Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 84 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.