The Lutheran State of Rasamanaka is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Gondi Flaffer with an iron fist, and renowned for its triple-decker prams, frequent executions, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.677 billion Rasamanakans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kangadore. The average income tax rate is 63.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Rasamanakan economy, worth 204 trillion esks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 122,020 esks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good, soldiers must key in their passwords every time they want to reload their weapons, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, and it's best not to ask what goes into Kangadore Fried Chicken's secret blend of herbs and spices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rasamanaka's national animal is the Maroon Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Rasamanaka is ranked 264,703^rd in the world and 1,252^nd in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 41.35 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.