The Dictatorship of Myness is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by The Dominus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 9.733 billion Mynessians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mypolis. The average income tax rate is 94.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Mynessic economy, worth 919 trillion mynors a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 94,494 mynors, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination, government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors, The Dominus can cry on demand, and students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Myness's national animal is the calamander, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Myness is ranked 5,251^st in the world and 148^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 128.9 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.