The It's Time For The 4-00 of Next- is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical population of 844 million Next-ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 21.5%.

The Next-ian economy, worth 36.0 trillion francs a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 42,675 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Children deemed 'disorderly' or otherwise unfit for public schools are shipped off to military academies, graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', Next- City's iconic yellow taxis are nowhere to be seen, and cheese lovers have a case of the bleus. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Next-'s national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Next- is ranked 31,994^th in the world and 3^rd in Its Time For The for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 5,552.26 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.