The Republic of Mandator IV is a colossal, pleasant nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 3.99 billion Mandator IVians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.8%.

The strong Mandator IVian economy, worth 233 trillion rubledollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 58,628 rubledollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Mandator IV's national animal is the hawk, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Mandator IV is ranked 187,811^th in the world and 1^st in Sand Dunes for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.