The Commonwealth of Mint Chip 31 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.162 billion Mint Chip 31ians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Mint Chip 31ian economy, worth 115 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 36,559 kronor, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 143,032 per year while the poor average 6,366, a ratio of 22.5 to 1.

Phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, school uniforms are compulsory, deceased politicians' MyFace profiles are unanimously pro-incumbent, and the request to "give us our daily bread" can only be fulfilled six days out of seven. Crime is a problem. Mint Chip 31's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mint Chip 31 is ranked 205,812^th in the world and 11,098^th in Balder for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 33,086.75 Standard Monetary Units.