The Democratic Republic of Mandenosia is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 213 million Mandenosians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Mandenosian economy, worth 22.3 trillion Drachmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 104,639 Drachmas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 506,051 per year while the poor average 12,552, a ratio of 40.3 to 1.

People who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, curtailed social programs have left many citizens bereft of any safety net, and twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mandenosia's national animal is the Brain Cell, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mandenosia is ranked 56,732^nd in the world and 1,614^th in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,468.36 on the Gilded Widget Scale.