The Most Serene Republic of Nulliskia is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-working, democratic population of 296 million Nulliskians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.2%.

The strong Nulliskian economy, worth 14.0 trillion Blank Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 47,250 Blank Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, and lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Nulliskia's national animal is the Aardwolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Nulliskia is ranked 212,665^th in the world and 209^th in The Black Hawks for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.