The Shasha Republic of NDR is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Santa Claus with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.934 billion Shashas 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. The average income tax rate is 60.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient shasha economy, worth 235 trillion Candy Cane Gold Bars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 121,602 Candy Cane Gold Bars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Shashas submit requests for a date in writing with an enclosed RSVP card, the sanitised and dull music festivals of NDR are famed for their reasonable volume levels, motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and all tariffs have been abolished. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NDR's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Athyism.

NDR is ranked 272,462^nd in the world and 1,042^nd in Europe for Largest Black Market, with 64.7 billion Standard Monetary Units.