The Republic of Mingde is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by CaryOtokonokOwO with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, parental licensing program, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.812 billion The People enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 桃園市. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient The People economy, worth 464 trillion NTDS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 121,810 NTDS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, city-slickers are jelly of all the farmland the government is giving away, foreigners "adopt" rotund Nekomimis to line the pockets of wildlife sanctuaries, and finders keepers is the law of the land. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mingde's national animal is the Nekomimi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mingde is ranked 186,164^th in the world and 124^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 211.96 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.