The People's Republic of Nuwassa is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 8 million Nuwassans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 51.7%.

The strong Nuwassan economy, worth 419 billion Káspos a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,421 Káspos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Undergrads find their professors' mushroom experiments less psychedelic than expected, Nuwassan companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation, politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, and airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nuwassa's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Nuwassa is ranked 38,076^th in the world and 973^rd in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 18.96 average smiles per day.