The State of Minoa is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Empress Joana with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 16.979 billion Minoans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. The average income tax rate is 24.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Minoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,729 trillion Minoan tala a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 101,848 Minoan tala, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Exam halls are littered with used needles and empty pill bottles, new cases of Asbestosis are cropping up as quickly as hospitals can deal with them, rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes, and Minoan TV is considered cruel and unusual punishment in other countries. Crime is totally unknown. Minoa's national animal is the little owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Minoa is ranked 29,370^th in the world and 5^th in Minoa for Largest Black Market, with 4.95 trillion Standard Monetary Units.