The Democratic Republic of Nantus is a mid-sized, cultured nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 81 million Nantusians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Nantusian economy, worth 2.10 trillion drops 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 led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 25,934 drops, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, royalist is the most offensive slur in the Nantusian language, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, and resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nantus's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nantus is ranked 25,936^th in the world and 132^nd in the Outback for Most Secular, with 35.73 Atheism Rate.