The MikesHope Essence of Mikeswill is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Mike with a fair hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, unlimited-speed roads, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 44.798 billion Mikes live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Austin. The average income tax rate is 97.4%.

The frighteningly efficient the Will of Mike economy, worth an astonishing 21,023 trillion Kisses a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 469,306 Kisses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,754,000 per year while the poor average 87,946, a ratio of 19.9 to 1.

Wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, graffiti graces every city's streets, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, and public incontinence is a growing problem amongst the nation's women. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Mikeswill's national animal is the Dream Mirror, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnostic Pantheism.

Mikeswill is ranked 178^th in the world and 6^th in NationStates for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 27,685.33 on the Gilded Widget Scale.