The Confederacy of The Nico Archipelago is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 393 million Nicoans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Niconcy. The average income tax rate is 16.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Nico Archipelagoan economy, worth 24.6 trillion nicoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 62,501 nicoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The ruling party has a devil of a time keeping order in the ranks, surrogate mothers are encouraged to refer to their wombs as 'rental space', national foreign policy involves significant amounts of hand wringing, and The Nico Archipelago's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region. Crime is totally unknown. The Nico Archipelago's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Nico Archipelago is ranked 221,287^th in the world and 66^th in Union of Allied States for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 261.09 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.