The Empire of Nootstein is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Derek Odo with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 2.492 billion Nootsteinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tribolite City. The average income tax rate is 83.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Nootsteinian economy, worth 243 trillion goops a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,869 goops, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens try to ignore gruesome pictures of decaying teeth printed on their soda cans, tourists often cite 'hiding money in an off-shore banking account' as their main reason to visit the nation, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, and mosh pits are a common phenomenon in Derek Odo's political rallies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nootstein's national animal is the dodo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nootstein is ranked 12,327^th in the world and 4^th in The Looking Glass Land for Most Cultured, scoring 105 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.