The Chartered Syndicate of Mannolithia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Chairman AXIOM with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.055 billion Mannolithians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Mannolith. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mannolithian economy, worth 134 trillion Manns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 127,257 Manns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes, centuries-old marble buildings are being torn down and replaced with corrugated steel wind tunnels, laws are littered with references to cheese, and almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mannolithia's national animal is the Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mannolithia is ranked 207,087^th in the world and 503^rd in Horizon for Nudest, with 110.25 cheeks per square mile.