The Republic of Niobrara National Scenic River is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its triple-decker prams, aversion to nipples, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 2.669 billion Niobrara National Scenic Riverians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Niobrara National Scenic Riverian economy, worth 322 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 120,696 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 388,200 per year while the poor average 28,422, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

The delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, parachutes are considered optional with the newest line of jet fighters, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, and the country is littered with broken homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Niobrara National Scenic River's national animal is the NPS, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Niobrara National Scenic River is ranked 30,568^th in the world and 365^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 38.09 flags saluted per person per day.