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The Empire of Mittero is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Kaiser Karl Friedrich VIII with an iron fist, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.058 billion Mitteroans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old Mittero. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mitteroan economy, worth 965 trillion Reichsthalers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 190,983 Reichsthalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, daydreaming on public transport is considered impolite, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mittero's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Church of Mittero.

Mittero is ranked 45,822^nd in the world and 727^th in the South Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 4,794.48 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.