The Democratic Republic of Mandenosia is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 188 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, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Mandenosian economy, worth 19.4 trillion Drachmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 103,447 Drachmas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 487,367 per year while the poor average 13,038, a ratio of 37.4 to 1.

Vehicular manslaughter is apparently a victimless crime, the government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights, a cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country, and whales in captivity live in little more than glorified goldfish bowls. 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 29,004^th in the world and 647^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,194.17 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.