The People's Republic of Manlinistan is a very large, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 244 million Manlinstanis are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 58.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Manlin economy, worth 5.34 trillion Manlins Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 21,868 Manlins Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Manlinistan' is a smash hit, confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manlinistan's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Manlinistan is ranked 315,345^th in the world and 827^th in Carcassonne for Largest Black Market, with 5.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.