The Democratic Republic of Neratica is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by The Prime Minister with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 6.353 billion Neraticans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nertania. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Neratican economy, worth a remarkable 1,468 trillion nerats a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 231,081 nerats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, vitriolic divorce proceedings have become prime-time television, and the black market offers sweet deals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neratica's national animal is the chicken-bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Neratica is ranked 12,306^th in the world and 562^nd in Balder for Highest Poor Incomes, with 114,199.5 Standard Monetary Units.