The Islamic Emirate of Manulqa is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Al Emir Abdullah II with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, prohibition of alcohol, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.065 billion Manulqans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eydhafushi. The average income tax rate is 46.4%.

The all-consuming Manulqan economy, worth 565 trillion Manulqa Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,059 Manulqa Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Atheists on vacation find Sunni Islam's scriptures make useful doorstops, the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, corporations have to consult a fifty-page "sanctions spreadsheet" to determine which countries they are allowed to do business with, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manulqa's national animal is the Chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sunni Islam.

Manulqa is ranked 63,990^th in the world and 54^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,201.65 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.