The Dominion of West Maninjau is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.129 billion Maninnese are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maninjau Port. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped West Maninjauan economy, worth 41.9 trillion Zenies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 37,155 Zenies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", Leader lives life on the open road - complete with groupies, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Maninjau's national animal is the Cockroach, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Maninjau is ranked 232,633^rd in the world and 9,513^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.08 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.