The Confederation of Manuid is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Vinny Butsi with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.285 billion Manui 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Civitas. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Manuidian economy, worth 192 trillion Manuis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 150,101 Manuis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians spend more time in courtrooms than in Parliament, politicians that report exaggerated crowd sizes for their speeches are dismissed for being delusional, sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside, and cheap textbooks have replaced coasters at college ragers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manuid's national animal is the Queen Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is None.

Manuid is ranked 45,878^th in the world and 85^th in Aesica for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.