The Cretanjan Puppet of Manndown is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-working, democratic population of 5.173 billion Blocheads 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 53.7%.

The Blochead economy, worth 197 trillion Golden Notes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 38,204 Golden Notes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Manndown's national animal is the Owl.

Manndown is ranked 115,867^th in the world and 1,133^rd in The Communist Bloc for Most Beautiful Environments, with 544.96 pounds of wildlife per square mile.