The Empire of Mippon is a large, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 173 million Mipponianoes are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.7%.

The powerhouse Mipponian economy, worth 12.1 trillion Iemes a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 69,932 Iemes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 220,422 per year while the poor average 16,961, a ratio of 13.0 to 1.

Residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling, grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps, government popup ads are springing up like weeds, and organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mippon's national animal is the Dragão, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mippon is ranked 135,812^th in the world and 7^th in Sentry for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,383.35 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.