The Federal Republic of Nergtul is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Shinji Serizawa with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.353 billion Nergtulians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nergtulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,009 trillion Yen a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 158,836 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, no one appreciates Shinji Serizawa's costume of King Oswyn V (Nergtul has found 9 easter eggs), snowball fights inaugurate summer breaks, and access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nergtul's national animal is the Santa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shintō.

Nergtul is ranked 7,585^th in the world and 4^th in Japan for Most Developed, scoring 92.43 on the Human Development Index.