The Colony of Nike air mag is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 138 million Nike air magians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 26.3%.

The powerhouse Nike air magian economy, worth 8.85 trillion Nike Kicks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 64,130 Nike Kicks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

The tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, and the government covers the basic health care of its citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Nike air mag's national animal is the Nike The Greek goddess, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Nike air mag is ranked 218,485^th in the world and 95^th in Lands End for Most Primitive, scoring -95.15 on the Scary Big Number Scale.