The Greater Nation of Nister is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Cade Thorn with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, prohibition of alcohol, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.757 billion Nisterians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government prioritizes Environment, with Industry, Welfare, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Public Transport is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nocturna. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Nisterian economy, worth 381 trillion Lives a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Soda Sales, Retail, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 66,279 Lives, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Universities spend millions cultivating ivy on their buildings, children fear compulsory visits to their spiritual advisors more than the dentist, many politicians are having to do a hard day's work for the first time in their careers, and the annual budget is heralded by the Treasury Minister donning a fake plastic mustache and giant star-shaped glasses. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nister's national animal is the Nisterian Hound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Luminarism.

Nister is ranked 330,931^st in the world and 5^th in United fraternal nations of gensokyo for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -20.44 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.