The Republic of Neardan is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Dinand Pacak with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.779 billion Neardanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lavovgrad. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Neardanian economy, worth 187 trillion diamands a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 105,409 diamands, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, strange lights seen in the sky are officially regarded as weather balloons or hoaxes and nothing else, and kissing cousins produce the heartiest babies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neardan's national animal is the rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Neardan is ranked 14,451^st in the world and 31^st in Karma for Nicest Citizens, with 27.03 average smiles per day.