The Republic of NAS57 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.114 billion NAS57ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.1%.

The large but inefficient NAS57ian economy, worth 213 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 51,942 Marks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 206,024 per year while the poor average 8,843, a ratio of 23.3 to 1.

Strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, students are taught to count with all 9 fingers, and nobody knows why the caged Eagle sings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NAS57's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NAS57 is ranked 60,488^th in the world and 10^th in The Ninth Army for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 4,297.13 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.