The Kingdom of Nika is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its smutty television, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.699 billion Nikans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 52.4%.

The Nikan economy, worth 490 trillion marks 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. 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 56,431 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

The Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, the government has granted that two plus two makes four, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nika's national animal is the elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Nika is ranked 274,069^th in the world and 3,291^st in Remembrance for Nicest Citizens, with 5.59 average smiles per day.