The Federal Republic of Nomaur is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Aidan with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.374 billion Nomaurians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zibrek. The average income tax rate is 35.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Nomaurian economy, worth 271 trillion Kremots 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 80,421 Kremots, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

A vast monorail network carries people all over the country, "It was only a joke" is no longer a defense for the felony of discrimination, student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, and viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows. Crime is totally unknown. Nomaur's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nomaur is ranked 31,891^st in the world and 354^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 243.02 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.