The Democratic Republic of Mandenosia is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 150 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 9.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Mandenosian economy, worth 14.8 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 98,856 Drachmas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 445,853 per year while the poor average 13,497, a ratio of 33.0 to 1.

Centuries-old marble buildings are being torn down and replaced with corrugated steel wind tunnels, illegal moonshine operations get taken out with laser-guided airstrikes, eight-year-olds can be seen lighting up in public areas, and the Snapgram channel "Embarrassing Baby Leader Pics" has made Leader's mom a celebrity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, 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 19,728^th in the world and 490^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,247.04 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.