The Plan M where Alec Dies of Nathan Ford is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 30.302 billion Nathan Fordians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.5%.

The strong Nathan Fordian economy, worth a remarkable 1,460 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 48,207 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 327,751 per year while the poor average 2,590, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem. Nathan Ford's national animal is the Single Malt Whiskey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nathan Ford is ranked 69,433^rd in the world and 1^st in Leverage Consulting and Associates for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 47.18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.