The Commonwealth of Mjau is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Mow with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.588 billion Mjauans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aliban. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mjauan economy, worth 205 trillion Mews 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, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 129,124 Mews, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parents dread their examinations more than their children, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, and Mow's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mjau's national animal is the Mockingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Mjau is ranked 188,185^th in the world and 126^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Populations, with 1.59 billion capita.