The United States of Basically Mini America is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Clarence Johnson with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 4.432 billion Basically Mini Americans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basically Mini District of Columbia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Basically Mini American economy, worth 760 trillion Basically Mini United States Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 171,672 Basically Mini United States Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 500,794 per year while the poor average 46,500, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Foreign planes and migratory birds are shot down as spies, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, people say that cubists are rubbish because they can't draw faces, and the number of deaths due to poor fungus identification is mushrooming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Basically Mini America's national animal is the Basically Mini Bald Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Basically Mini America is ranked 86,444^th in the world and 4,041^st in Osiris for Most Corrupt Governments, with 18.67 kickbacks per hour.