The Confederation of Manuid is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Vinny Butsi with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.526 billion Manui are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Civitas. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Manuidian economy, worth 244 trillion Manuis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 159,734 Manuis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, punitive tariffs protect local industry, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manuid's national animal is the Queen Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is None.

Manuid is ranked 280,217^th in the world and 301^st in Aesica for Nicest Citizens, with 1.14 average smiles per day.