The Empire of Nyrian is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Quinton I Hollard with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 17.848 billion Nyrianians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olympia. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nyrianian economy, worth a remarkable 3,015 trillion deniers a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 168,940 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Multiple polls have christened the newly-formed Filibuster Committee as "the least efficient government bureaucracy", a stocking with a crooked seam or a tie without a full Windsor knot are grounds for instant dismissal, Emperor Quinton I Hollard has killer fashion sense, and prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nyrian's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nyrian is ranked 327,567^th in the world and 203^rd in United Kingdom for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 18.63 on the Bus Surprisal Index.