The Federated States of Nashaway is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister John Chapman with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, devout population of 12.978 billion Nashawayans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Whalom. The average income tax rate is 26.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Nashawayan economy, worth 628 trillion Silver Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,406 Silver Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Prime Minister John Chapman has just been declared ruler of Nashaway in an international press conference, military spending recently hit a new high, and the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nashaway's national animal is the Wolfhound, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Nashaway is ranked 243,669^th in the world and 6^th in Donnach IV for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.77 kickbacks per hour.