The Republic of Miphareen is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 221 million Miphs enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 55.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Miphareenian economy, worth 10.8 trillion Gyres a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,705 Gyres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, nations that kill a Miph can expect a strongly worded letter, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, and carrots are orange, apples are red and food waste is increasing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Miphareen's national animal is the Giant miph crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Miphareen is ranked 78,308^th in the world and 70^th in Iris for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.99 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.