The Empire of Great Mindanao is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Vaughn Agusania with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.991 billion Mindanaoans 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dravao City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 58.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Great Mindanaoan economy, worth 311 trillion Imperial Notes a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,301 Imperial Notes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 299,902 per year while the poor average 28,828, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, cars are banned, and vacationing hippies and old ladies are regularly arrested for bringing back contraband basketry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Mindanao's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Imperial Grace.

Great Mindanao is ranked 30,509^th in the world and 55^th in Eurth for Most Cultured, scoring 80 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.