The Vast Waters of Namakan is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.305 billion Namakanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kettle Falls. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Namakanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,824 trillion Greenstones a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 196,032 Greenstones, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Namakanians like vultures, doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, and there's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation. Crime is totally unknown. Namakan's national animal is the Lake Trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Namakan is ranked 1,776^th in the world and 35^th in 10000 Islands for Highest Food Quality, scoring 292.28 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.