The Republic of Nivesi is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 831 million Nivesians 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Glacéville. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Nivesian economy, worth 54.9 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 66,086 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, the Nivesi Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, and tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nivesi's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nivesi is ranked 327,397^th in the world and 776^th in Saint Osmund for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -10.04 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.