The State of Minoa is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Joana with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and national health service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 23.414 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 24.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Minoan economy, worth a remarkable 2,415 trillion Minoan tala a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 103,169 Minoan tala, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Being able to unblock a u-bend pipe is considered a universally essential skill, lending money has become a major liability, the nation is known abroad mostly for its Parliamentary antics, and unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police. Crime is totally unknown. Minoa's national animal is the little owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Minoa is ranked 167,331^st in the world and 12^th in Minoa for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,398.2 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.