The Arling of Mantarys is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Arl Balleo vos Ennyrion with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.58 billion Mantarysians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ryso. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.2%.

The strong Mantarysian economy, worth 99.9 trillion kamas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 63,207 kamas, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Arl Balleo vos Ennyrion has just been declared ruler of Mantarys in an international press conference, Mantarys has designated Ryso as its capital city, the nation's reinforced coffee tables are constructed to survive an atomic blast, and the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mantarys's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vezkelios.

Mantarys is ranked 137,481^st in the world and 2^nd in The International Bar for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 70.36 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.