The Republic of Nuclear medicine is a massive, safe nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 1.501 billion Nuclear medicineans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.3%.

The strong Nuclear medicinean economy, worth 114 trillion NKBS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,186 NKBS, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 364,385 per year while the poor average 9,333, a ratio of 39.0 to 1.

The Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, several inches are being added to first class seating, many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, and executions often take hours as amateurs attempt to find veins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nuclear medicine's national animal is the NKB, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nuclear medicine is ranked 101,848^th in the world and 4,281^st in Balder for Safest, scoring 81.4 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.