The Technocratic Democracy of The United Earth Republic of the Mantle is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Colonial Governor with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.842 billion Citizens are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astana. The average income tax rate is 87.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Human economy, worth a remarkable 1,153 trillion Credits a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,401 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, even secular Citizens are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, and an internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of Colonial Governor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The United Earth Republic of the Mantle's national animal is the Winged Moa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The United Earth Republic of the Mantle is ranked 34,622^nd in the world and 10^th in The Local Cluster for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,179.64 on the Gilded Widget Scale.