The Kingdom of Nalfagar is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Count Volaryek with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 15.461 billion Nalfaris are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nalfarii economy, worth a remarkable 5,776 trillion Syns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 373,601 Syns, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,065,617 per year while the poor average 34,076, a ratio of 60.6 to 1.

Every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Nalfagar's national animal is the Octopus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Nalfagar is ranked 649^th in the world and 1^st in Bundesnachrichtendienst for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,120.63 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.