The Republic of Mines Bigger is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.081 billion Mines Biggerians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Mines Biggerian economy, worth a remarkable 3,064 trillion currencies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 379,240 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Rugby players that knock each other over always stop to make sure the other fellow is okay, babysitters are a thing of the past, MB-SPAN features senators wrestling with ever-increasing production elements, and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mines Bigger's national animal is the animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mines Bigger is ranked 175^th in the world and 1^st in Vickenian experiment incubator for Largest Governments, scoring 98.43 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.