The People's Republic of Nugland is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 237 million Nuglandians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 78.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Nuglandian economy, worth 8.00 trillion Bones a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 33,751 Bones, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public intoxication has decreased ever since fraternities were banned, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, and more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nugland's national animal is the Drug-Sniffing Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nugland is ranked 125,815^th in the world and 629^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Extreme, scoring 21.11 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.