The Colony of Maneuvre is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 421 million minions 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montclair. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Maneuvrean economy, worth 52.6 trillion krinas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 124,985 krinas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, mums always ask their three-year-olds for permission before hugging them, young men find it hard to engage in their favourite topic of study with their parents looking over their shoulder, and a secret Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Maneuvre. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maneuvre's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Maneuvre is ranked 38,986^th in the world and 56^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 215.33 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.