The Community of Nethervale is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Jason the First with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.573 billion Nethervaleans 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Downtown. The average income tax rate is 88.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nethervalean economy, worth 177 trillion stags a year, is highly specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,839 stags, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, recognizing the Nethervalean flag qualifies you for citizenship, and refugees from other nations are flocking to Nethervale's border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nethervale's national animal is the stag, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is none.

Nethervale is ranked 22,477^th in the world and 406^th in the South Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 86,766.07 Standard Monetary Units.