The Allied States of Nyusk is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 633 million Nyuskans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.1%.

The all-consuming Nyuskian economy, worth 60.1 trillion Tois a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 95,007 Tois, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 542,322 per year while the poor average 8,067, a ratio of 67.2 to 1.

The government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, fruit vendors are encouraging a life of crime in their advertising, Big Agriculture has the government by the nuts, and the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Nyusk's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Nyusk is ranked 37,961^st in the world and 137^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,327.51 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.