The Republic of Mint Chip 19 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 3.248 billion Mint Chip 19ians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.3%.

The very strong Mint Chip 19ian economy, worth 162 trillion kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 49,877 kronor, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 175,160 per year while the poor average 10,298, a ratio of 17.0 to 1.

It is typical to be greeted by a string of curse words in Mint Chip 19ian restaurants, candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, and sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Mint Chip 19's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mint Chip 19 is ranked 283,833^rd in the world and 15,515^th in Balder for Highest Poor Incomes, with 10,298.1 Standard Monetary Units.