The Pristine Redoubt of Mindalia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Glorious Empress Rydia with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 49.662 billion Mindalians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rydane. The average income tax rate is 70.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mindalian economy, worth an astonishing 25,038 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 a breathtaking 504,170 kronars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Crops are flattened as farmers bludgeon insects to death, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, and hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region. 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 328,151^st in the world and 1^st in The Green World for Safest, scoring 3.93 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.