The Republic of Namestate is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 576 million Namestateans 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 tiny, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Spirituality, with Defense, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The strong Namestatean economy, worth 28.0 trillion Papers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 48,598 Papers, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 313,220 per year while the poor average 3,046, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, the police force is on a recruitment drive, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and voting is voluntary. Crime is a problem. Namestate's national animal is the Stain, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Namestate is ranked 291,307^th in the world and 2,243^rd in the Rejected Realms for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 7.71 Effective Tax Rate.