Location: India

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Ale Lovers of Manumental is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Steven Paul Jobs with an even hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.951 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bazinga. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, politicians are losing their jobs in a plan to make the government 'leaner and fitter', schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manumental's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Kube.

Manumental is ranked 54th in India and 97,259th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -30 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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