The Community of Nethervale is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jason the First with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.77 billion Nethervaleans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Downtown. The average income tax rate is 89.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nethervalean economy, worth 211 trillion stags a year, is highly specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,073 stags, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The fire protection service is wholly government-funded, government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, Nethervale is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and daydreaming on public transport is considered impolite. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nethervale's national animal is the stag, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is none.

Nethervale is ranked 9,123^rd in the world and 239^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 91.31 on the Human Development Index.