The United States of KING NOLAN is a large, genial nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 111 million KING NOLANians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 13.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The KING NOLANian economy, worth 6.93 trillion Nolan Bucks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 62,408 Nolan Bucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports, quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, and the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. KING NOLAN's national animal is the White Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

KING NOLAN is ranked 69,547^th in the world and 10^th in Burge Classroom for Nicest Citizens, with 16.29 average smiles per day.