The Principality of Manires is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 327 million Maniresie 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Manirea. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.8%.

The Maniresian economy, worth 16.5 trillion Diploes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,458 Diploes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 144,259 per year while the poor average 14,058, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

Cancer rates amongst the richest in society are inexplicably on the rise, lending firms are subject to strict government regulations, glassy-eyed Maniresian wives lifelessly chant "I love you" on command, and nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manires's national animal is the Maniresi Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Manires is ranked 232,139^th in the world and 4^th in Pelagoria for Least Corrupt Governments, with 91.37 percentage of bribes refused.