The Republic of Notica is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 26 million Noticans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 34.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The weak Notican economy, worth 856 billion kricks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,927 kricks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction, and children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-krick charge on their phone bill. Crime is totally unknown. Notica's national animal is the sparrow.

Notica is ranked 165,326^th in the world and 3^rd in Rosengarten for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,069.74 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.