The Republic of Nauticius is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Akira Nichikiyama with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.471 billion Nauticians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Singa. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.4%.

The all-consuming Nauticiusian economy, worth 465 trillion Nautician Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 104,125 Nautician Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

Official Sermon-Free Zones are set-up around the nation's hotels, gigantic marble churches take up almost half the land area of small villages, the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament, and this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nauticius's national animal is the Koi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Monolith.

Nauticius is ranked 41,528^th in the world and 2,361^st in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 39.27 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.