The Democratic States of Nodnarb is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Spencer Whitewolf with a fair hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.53 billion Nodnarbians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Praclarush. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Nodnarbian economy, worth 813 trillion Dollars 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 147,051 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, there's never enough space in space, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, and making up random numbers to name new asteroids is the bulk of astronomers' work. Crime is totally unknown. Nodnarb's national animal is the Otter, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nodnarb is ranked 274,639^th in the world and 14,758^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.