The Free Cities of Maanenland is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Premier Consul Alex Bouchard with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 25.977 billion Maanlanders enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Franc. The average income tax rate is 29.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Maanenic economy, worth a remarkable 8,039 trillion Livres a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 309,500 Livres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across Maanenland, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, and mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found. Crime is totally unknown. Maanenland's national animal is the Fou de Bassan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Maanenland is ranked 3,270^th in the world and 64^th in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 64.41 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.