The Republic of NDR wellspring is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The devout population of 1.056 billion NDR wellspringians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong NDR wellspringian economy, worth 79.9 trillion WellCoins 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. 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 75,697 WellCoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, a major religion has been named as NDR wellspring's national religion, knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NDR wellspring's national animal is the shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

NDR wellspring is ranked 39,211^th in the world and 21^st in The Wellspring for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,275.41 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.