The Free Land of Nosmoramus is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The People with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate population of 6.446 billion Nosmoramusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Revolution Central City. The average income tax rate is 89.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Nosmoramusian economy, worth 434 trillion Full Pedal Revolutions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. Average income is 67,453 Full Pedal Revolutions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, the army consists of only generals and grunts, the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press, and being The People has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nosmoramus's national animal is the Mountain Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nosmoramus is ranked 272,645^th in the world and 3,430^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -10.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.