The Republic of Manticore utopia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Cat with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 14.502 billion Manticore utopians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Babylon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Manticore utopian economy, worth a remarkable 6,256 trillion manticore meticals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 431,402 manticore meticals, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,428,755 per year while the poor average 97,298, a ratio of 14.7 to 1.

Prisoners fit in their parole hearings around their spa treatments, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', and a shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills. Crime is totally unknown. Manticore utopia's national animal is the multiheaded manticore, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Manticore utopia is ranked 5,431^st in the world and 249^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 14,304.7 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.