The Democratic Republic of Manjanera is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 349 million Manjanerans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pulchra. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Manjaneran economy, worth 13.6 trillion caps 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 38,894 caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, murderers with law degrees can be seen swinging the gavel in courts, snitches get riches, and residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manjanera's national animal is the Manjaneran finch, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Manjanera is ranked 275,572^nd in the world and 4^th in Lyssaria for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 25.65 on the Bus Surprisal Index.