The Republic of Mandeville is a large, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, zero percent divorce rate, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical, devout population of 67 million Mandevilleans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Mandevillean economy, worth 1.97 trillion caribs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 29,472 caribs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Red-billed streamertailball fields, political candidates recite daily pledges of loyalty to their chosen party, dream holidays often go awry, and asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mandeville's national animal is the Red-billed streamertail, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mandeville is ranked 40,787^th in the world and 1,386^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 77.38 law-abiding acts per hour.