The Federale Democratic Republic of Nelgrada is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, national health service, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 592 million Nelgradans 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 Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adarglen City. The average income tax rate is 26.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Nelgradan economy, worth 59.1 trillion Nelgrada Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 99,764 Nelgrada Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough', naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, and court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point. Crime is totally unknown. Nelgrada's national animal is the Nelgradan Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nelgrada is ranked 17,003^rd in the world and 287^th in the South Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 73,127.33 Standard Monetary Units.