The Grand Union of Nephara is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Margravine Ulrica Lindt with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 20.759 billion Nepharim hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corvistone. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Nepharan economy, worth a remarkable 1,262 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 60,823 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, declaring that "some kids are just born evil" is not endearing Margravine Ulrica Lindt to progressive thinkers, and credit scores fluctuate wildly with every change of government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nephara's national animal is the cormorant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is lapsed Catharism.

Nephara is ranked 223,897^th in the world and 66^th in Rushmore for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.79 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.