The Nomadic Peoples of Menara is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 399 million Menarans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Law & Order, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Menaran economy, worth 22.2 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 55,764 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recognizing the Menaran flag qualifies you for citizenship, nude art is becoming wildly popular, refugees from other nations are flocking to Menara's border, and the latest national park is visited by more sharks than people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Menara's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Menara is ranked 32,568^th in the world and 1^st in HS Hermits for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 5,396.07 on the Hickory Productivity Index.