The State of Mansel is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 40.86 billion Manselians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The powerhouse Manselian economy, worth a remarkable 2,305 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 56,434 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 205,188 per year while the poor average 11,043, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, Mansel has designated Westminster as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Mansel in an international press conference. Crime is moderate. Mansel's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mansel is ranked 80,221^st in the world and 1^st in Saint Pierre et Miquelon for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 37.23 on the Bus Surprisal Index.