The Commonwealth of Mendevia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Archon with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 34.326 billion Mendevians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tharkad. The average income tax rate is 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mendevian economy, worth a remarkable 6,517 trillion Mendevian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 189,857 Mendevian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, the seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire, and citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mendevia's national animal is the Mendevian Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Episcopal Church.

Mendevia is ranked 1,347^th in the world and 4^th in Union of Christian Nations for Safest, scoring 156.33 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.