The Techo-Social Empire of Nymany is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Augustin II with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, rampant corporate plagiarism, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.681 billion Nymen are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bestro. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nyman economy, worth a remarkable 1,053 trillion Rattas 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. 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 an impressive 185,516 Rattas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Children are afraid to go out at night due to the ubiquity of hardened jaywalkers, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Nymany, just as students finish their homework it's time for school, and it turns out that trees grow on Rattas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nymany's national animal is the Nymanian Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Neo-Nymanism.

Nymany is ranked 126,882^nd in the world and 79^th in Fifth Empire for Largest Populations, with 5.68 billion capita.