The Republic of Nephele is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.959 billion Nepheleans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caloé. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Nephelean economy, worth 257 trillion cloods a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,143 cloods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Survivors of the Great Internet Flame War often recount horror stories of banhammers and DOS attacks, it's surprisingly hard to find pictures of the bad haircuts from Leader's childhood, Nephelean military drills look more like joint-Yuri exercises than anything else, and if someone says there's plenty of living space in Nephele they're lyin'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nephele's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nephele is ranked 311,007^th in the world and 4^th in Yuri for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 438.95 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.