The Grand Duchy of Nukem is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, devout population of 596 million Nukemians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 62.2%.

The strong Nukemian economy, worth 41.5 trillion Babeses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Trout Farming. Average income is 69,575 Babeses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity, liberals and conservatives try to disqualify each other's candidates on the grounds that "their ideas would never work in the real world", polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and visitors to Nukem are microchipped and must be escorted by a Nukemian soldier - even to the bathroom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nukem's national animal is the Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nukem is ranked 12,168^th in the world and 1^st in Meme Time for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 5,714.76 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.