The Kingdom of Mandurium is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Silvestro Battaglia with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.294 billion Mandurians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Manduria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Manduriumian economy, worth 210 trillion Lire a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 162,454 Lire, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 606,034 per year while the poor average 30,533, a ratio of 19.8 to 1.

Builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction, the fate of the world literally rests on Silvestro Battaglia's fingers, glassy-eyed Manduriumian wives lifelessly chant "I love you" on command, and bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mandurium's national animal is the Vulture, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Mandurium is ranked 46,843^rd in the world and 1,385^th in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 14.03 Obesity Rate.