The Black Hand of McMannia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Identity Unknown with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cheerful, devout population of 24.615 billion McMannians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Location Unknown. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient McMannian economy, worth a remarkable 5,224 trillion Federation Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 212,263 Federation Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tax assessment offices double as polling stations, the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, political activists are routinely executed, and McMannia's first free elections in recent memory have been successfully concluded. Crime is totally unknown. McMannia's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Classification Unknown.

McMannia is ranked 12,238^th in the world and 16^th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.46 law-abiding acts per hour.