The Colony of Manuela Gross is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Scorpion population. The hard-working population of 1.161 billion Manuela Grossians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 13.0%.

The Manuela Grossian economy, worth 60.8 trillion Yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 52,410 Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Surveillance cameras are banned, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Manuela Gross's national animal is the Scorpion.

Manuela Gross is ranked 125,507^th in the world and 4,913^th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 18.67 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.