The Zarenreich of Mannerhelm is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Arto Mannen-Darmstadt with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, humorless population of 2.477 billion Manns are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ihmisten. The average income tax rate is 41.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Mannerhelmian economy, worth 268 trillion Mannen Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,280 Mannen Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Picnickers are lucky if a few wasps are the only animals that trouble them, young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield, fearful citizens watch their every move as does their government, and people talk about their libido as if it were an STD. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mannerhelm's national animal is the Reich Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Kansakunnan Yhtenäisyysuskonto.

Mannerhelm is ranked 40,319^th in the world and 504^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 176.77 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.