The Democratic Republic of Mandenosia is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, public floggings, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 131 million Mandenosians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Mandenosian economy, worth 12.8 trillion Drachmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 97,560 Drachmas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 435,119 per year while the poor average 13,590, a ratio of 32.0 to 1.

You can't spell society without CIS, the government's foreign policy statements are less threatening than a World Assembly cease-and-desist letter, the national symbol of Mandenosia is now always featured on a skewer, and colonial subjects have Mandenosian culture shoved down their throats. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force. Mandenosia's national animal is the Brain Cell, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mandenosia is ranked 246,101^st in the world and 5,574^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.