The People's Republic of Nukhov is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, anti-smoking policies, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 331 million Nukhovians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City of the Golden Sigil. The average income tax rate is 45.1%.

The thriving Nukhovian economy, worth 39.5 trillion Long Nuks 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 119,332 Long Nuks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Athletes and street criminals compete for solid steel baseball bats, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains, and those who sing the national anthem off-key have the key thrown away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nukhov's national animal is the Hippo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nukhov is ranked 43,050^th in the world and 22^nd in Der Leibwache for Most Cultured, scoring 74 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.