The Eternal Sultanate of Al-Nasifa is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.457 billion Al-Nasifans 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48.5%.

The thriving Al-Nasifan economy, worth 118 trillion Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,033 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, elections have recently been reintroduced to Al-Nasifa, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, and burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Al-Nasifa's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Al-Nasifa is ranked 107,212^th in the world and 133^rd in Rosartemis for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 82.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.