The Kingdom of Necludia is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 12 million Necludians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 9.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Necludian economy, worth 641 billion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,462 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, the nation's first space rocket -- sponsored by Eckie-Ecola and shaped like an enormous soda bottle -- is being developed, long queues are apparently signs of a well-run airport, and truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Necludia's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Necludia is ranked 236,654^th in the world and 5,396^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.