The Armed Republic of Minas Ithil is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 904 million Minas Ithilians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 34.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Minas Ithilian economy, worth 93.6 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 103,493 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero, crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Minas Ithil's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Minas Ithil is ranked 49,708^th in the world and 1,573^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.