The Community of Nethervale is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Jason the First with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.652 billion Nethervaleans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, 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 88.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nethervalean economy, worth 193 trillion stags a year, is highly specialized and led 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 116,844 stags, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Nethervale' is a smash hit, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, Nethervalean diplomacy is by the book, and worrywarts have started advocating for a paint ban. 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 3,177^th in the world and 95^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 57.82 average smiles per day.