The Woodhouse Sanctum of NB-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 28.619 billion NB-1ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 33.0%.

The very strong NB-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,785 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 62,377 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

NB-1ian actors literally work from cradle to grave, public toilets are famed for their rear entries, the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system, and gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NB-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden.

NB-1 is ranked 208,538^th in the world and 1^st in New Britain for Rudest Citizens, with 37.9 insults per minute.