The Commonwealth of Mendevia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Archon with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, anti-smoking policies, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 39.444 billion Mendevians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tharkad. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mendevian economy, worth a remarkable 7,736 trillion Mendevian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 196,135 Mendevian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, the government is spending millions on lawyers' fees trying to get Archon off a murder charge, ships no longer sail as no one wants to encounter Mendevian pirates, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable 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 332,174^th in the world and 65^th in Union of Christian Nations for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -34.16 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.