The Republic of Mifune is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, ban on automobiles, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, devout population of 8.524 billion Mifuneans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.1%.

The strong Mifunean economy, worth 569 trillion Bullets a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 66,800 Bullets, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 209,073 per year while the poor average 16,367, a ratio of 12.8 to 1.

The government is in utter turmoil following the recent abolishment of the tax code, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, and students cut up leftover Bullets during Arts and Crafts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mifune's national animal is the APU, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mifune is ranked 285,436^th in the world and 3,414^th in Remembrance for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 35.34 on the Kitten Softness Rating.