The Republic of Manipulated is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 965 million Manipulatedians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 45.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Manipulatedian economy, worth 48.6 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,345 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, roosters that herald the rising sun are immediately sent to the slaughterhouse, and parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manipulated's national animal is the Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Manipulated is ranked 309,223^rd in the world and 35^th in Project Casino for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -4.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.