The Federal Republic of Mangsten is a fledgling, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6 million Mangstenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 9.7%.

The Mangstenian economy, worth 389 billion stens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 64,994 stens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Cold medicines curiously become cheaper when government officials sneeze, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and voting is compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Mangsten's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Mangsten is ranked 78,076^th in the world and 242^nd in Horizon for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,679.23 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.