The Republic of Manhattan Beach is a tiny, genial nation, renowned for its lack of airports, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 18 million Manhattan Beachians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Administration, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Public Transport aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Manhattan Beachian economy, worth 625 billion American Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,755 American Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Warning signs caution Manhattan Beachians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world', fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies, and every week is blindness awareness week. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manhattan Beach's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Manhattan Beach is ranked 152,117^th in the world and 74^th in The Toastic Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 407.74 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.