The Lutheran Pirates of Lesser Nanders is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by High Bum Barry Bottoms with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 1.147 billion Lesser Nandersians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nandor. The average income tax rate is 61.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nandersian economy, worth 176 trillion Nands a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 153,741 Nands, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Begun the Clone Wars have, for 25 Nands tourists can gawk at the site of national tragedy, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, and High Bum Barry Bottoms's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lesser Nanders's national animal is the Rattlesnake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Lesser Nanders is ranked 156,533^rd in the world and 1^st in Yapistan for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,356.1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.