The Holy Mechanical Empire of Nerethea is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by High-Priest Gavax 89-1 Viancis with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, vat-grown people, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.842 billion Neretheans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The forge alpha triphinx-001. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Neretheant economy, worth 789 trillion Imperial Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 205,531 Imperial Credits, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, interest in globalism never flags, the state considers itself the 'third parent' of every child in the nation, and city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nerethea's national animal is the Phosphinx Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Cult Mechanicus.

Nerethea is ranked 290,732^nd in the world and 193^rd in Wintreath for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.93 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.