The Free Land of The Nobs is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 223 million Nobsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 62.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Nobsian economy, worth 10.8 trillion Eurodollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 48,330 Eurodollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Craps take up a lot of time, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour', and skateparks can be found in every city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Nobs's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Nobs is ranked 117,243^rd in the world and 94^th in Benigtopia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,799.78 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.