The United Socialist States of Nurvania is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Tom Easton with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 3.192 billion Nurvanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of East Melbourne. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Nurvanian economy, worth 360 trillion Alkens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 112,833 Alkens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, and anyone who sleeps in past 9am can be declared legally dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nurvania's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nurvania is ranked 52,331^st in the world and 320^th in the West Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 32.45 flags saluted per person per day.