The Pristine Redoubt of Mindalia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Glorious Empress Rydia with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 46.002 billion Mindalians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rydane. The average income tax rate is 60.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Mindalian economy, worth an astonishing 22,763 trillion kronars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 494,846 kronars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Ticket touts are blamed for the downfall of communism, the government pours millions of kronars into rehabilitation programs annually, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, and old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Mindalia's national animal is the mongoose, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mindalia is ranked 263,395^th in the world and 1^st in The Green World for Most Conservative, scoring 35 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.