The Region of Nywhere is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, anti-smoking policies, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical population of 1.628 billion Nywherians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adairsville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.6%.

The Nywherian economy, worth 76.3 trillion pints a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,890 pints, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

The people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, government contracted tax collectors often 'accidentally' over-charge citizens and skim the surplus, cars have been banned, and an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nywhere's national animal is the big bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Nywhere is ranked 189,611^th in the world and 7^th in Nywhere for Most Developed, scoring 53.47 on the Human Development Index.