The People's Democratic Republic of Nilave is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Antônio Marinho with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.677 billion Nilaveans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porto Delfim. The average income tax rate is 97.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Nilavean economy, worth 626 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 170,318 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Antônio Marinho to meetings with foreign heads of state, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty, and Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nilave's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Nilave is ranked 245,944^th in the world and 285^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,926.03 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.