The Tsardom of Nukerida is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Tsar Konstantin III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, conspicuous electricity pylons, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.278 billion Nukeridans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vevoritsa. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Nukeridan economy, worth 358 trillion Luvkas a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,335 Luvkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are refusing to stock A Midsummer Night's Dream because it has an ass in it, uprooting flowers for religious ceremonies is a felony, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, and military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nukerida's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Islam and Orthodox Christianity.

Nukerida is ranked 49,759^th in the world and 187^th in Europeia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,624.79 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.