The People's Republic of Noodlegrad is a massive, genial nation, notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.88 billion Noodlegradians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Noodlegradian economy, worth 183 trillion noodles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is 47,393 noodles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The countryside is shrouded by wind farms, government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, and tourists are forbidden to enter Native Noodlegradian lands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Noodlegrad's national animal is the bear , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Noodlegrad is ranked 286,965^th in the world and 6,179^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -17.45 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.