The Mantodea of Praying Mantis is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Giant Mantis with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 9.871 billion Praying Mantisians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metal Mantis. The average income tax rate is 38.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Praying Mantisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,306 trillion pop tarts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 132,368 pop tarts, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Dreams of entering the Super League have been relegated to the history books, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", and the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Praying Mantis's national animal is the praying mantis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Mantism.

Praying Mantis is ranked 286,153^rd in the world and 12^th in Top Hat Kingdom for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.52 kickbacks per hour.