The Federation of Mentesa is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Santiago Abascal with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, cynical population of 1.597 billion Mentesans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Garriga. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The very strong Mentesan economy, worth 107 trillion florins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 67,582 florins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 194,044 per year while the poor average 18,716, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, warnings about emergencies are the leading cause of emergency-related injuries, the cancellation of "The Real Vixens of Garriga" has been described as a real blow for entertainment, and Prime Minister Santiago Abascal has been known to make speeches in fishing waders. Crime is moderate. Mentesa's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is National conservatism.

Mentesa is ranked 102,296^th in the world and 1^st in The Conservative Left Alliance for Highest Average Incomes, with 67,582.16 Standard Monetary Units.