The United Social Commonwealth of Mizuni is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the Elected Citizen Council with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 16.179 billion Mizuni enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Ardenia. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The all-consuming Mizunan economy, worth a remarkable 2,070 trillion Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 127,993 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stuttering trypanophobes are doomed never to marry, government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, anti-government web sites are springing up, and immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mizuni's national animal is the Mizu Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mizuni is ranked 10,592^nd in the world and 247^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 396.84 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.