The Pristine Redoubt of Mindalia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Glorious Empress Rydia with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 45.716 billion Mindalians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rydane. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mindalian economy, worth an astonishing 22,571 trillion kronars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 493,729 kronars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, all footpaths have tollbooths, the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Mindalia's national animal is the mongoose, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mindalia is ranked 316,142^nd in the world and 1^st in The Green World for Most Primitive, scoring -1381.72 on the Scary Big Number Scale.