The Commonwealth of Nantu is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Ryan Harper with a fair hand, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, smutty television, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 8.227 billion Nantuans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ward of Cumbria. The average income tax rate is 43.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nantuan economy, worth a remarkable 1,494 trillion Kroons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,669 Kroons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, and most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nantu's national animal is the Panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nantu is ranked 21,018^th in the world and 1,430^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.89 law-abiding acts per hour.