The United Socialist States of Nurvania is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Tom Easton with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed population of 1.677 billion Nurvanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of East Melbourne. The average income tax rate is 70.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Nurvanian economy, worth 199 trillion Alkens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 119,004 Alkens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, and anyone who sleeps in past 9am can be declared legally dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nurvania's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nurvania is ranked 23,018^th in the world and 385^th in the West Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 107.4 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.