The Democratic Republic of Neratica is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by The Prime Minister with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory vegetarianism, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 6.36 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 1,473 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 231,647 nerats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government, people faint regularly as they get stuck with compulsory vaccinations, the government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, and where there's smoke there's the Neratican Forestry Department. 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 3,639^th in the world and 171^st in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 190 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.