The Detachment of Doctor Manhattan is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Jon Osterman with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, digital currency, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.639 billion Creations 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Clockwork Pink Glass. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The a Creation economy, worth a remarkable 1,186 trillion tachyons 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 Woodchip Exports, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 54,846 tachyons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The populace lives in fear of painful execution for minor offences, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security, and families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Doctor Manhattan's national animal is the life form, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Veidt Utopianism.

Doctor Manhattan is ranked 255,907^th in the world and 8^th in Manhattan for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 43.9 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.