The Grand Republic of Nation for Mutual Security is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Jack Ryan with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 21.685 billion Spartans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elkhart. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Spartan economy, worth a remarkable 2,794 trillion Cubits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 128,873 Cubits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public intoxication has decreased ever since fraternities were banned, the NHS has recently been discontinued, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, and the recital of citations that follows any political speech can be longer than the speech itself. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nation for Mutual Security's national animal is the Egale, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nation for Mutual Security is ranked 24,282^nd in the world and 1^st in Cadrea for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.45 law-abiding acts per hour.