The Republic of NSU SCOUT 001 is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, digital currency, and keen interest in outer space. The cynical, devout population of 388 million NSU SCOUT 001ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The NSU SCOUT 001ian economy, worth 19.2 trillion ▮▮▮s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,579 ▮▮▮s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elected officials who disagree with Leader have a lot of accidents, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, visitors to NSU SCOUT 001 are microchipped and must be escorted by an NSU SCOUT 001ian soldier - even to the bathroom, and medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSU SCOUT 001's national animal is the ▮▮▮, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSU SCOUT 001 is ranked 187,185^th in the world and 1^st in The House of Tyrants for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.