The Capitalizt Protectorate of New Manhattan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 42.605 billion New Manhattanians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Welfare, Social Policy, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Commerce Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The frighteningly efficient New Manhattanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,856 trillion simoleons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 90,508 simoleons, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 422,689 per year while the poor average 11,595, a ratio of 36.5 to 1.

Young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink, New Manhattan has designated Commerce Heights as its capital city, and Leader has just been declared ruler of New Manhattan in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. New Manhattan's national animal is the verynje, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Manhattan is ranked 290,271^st in the world and 10,901^st in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 30.06 law-abiding acts per hour.