The People's Republic of Manis Pentadactyla is a mid-sized, cultured nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 85 million Manisians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 35.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Manisian economy, worth 3.40 trillion Manis Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,950 Manis Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, prank shows are so hot right now, CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, and people don't want any foreign rubbish. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manis Pentadactyla's national animal is the Pangolin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Manis Pentadactyla is ranked 111,676^th in the world and 867^th in the Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 771.36 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.