The High Athelingric of Nierlack is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Asher Wiley with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.847 billion Nierlackians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osearwynn. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Nierlackian economy, worth a remarkable 1,574 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 177,958 pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 598,262 per year while the poor average 39,251, a ratio of 15.2 to 1.

Teenagers get their license without taking the test, punitive tariffs protect local industry, six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, and prison is a nightmare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nierlack's national animal is the snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Adoptionism.

Nierlack is ranked 285,406^th in the world and 1,391^st in Snep for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 297.35 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.