The Communist Republics of New Natica is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Kheper-Akh Menkhar IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, compulsory vegetarianism, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.387 billion natiquenses are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Menkharograd. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient naticano economy, worth a remarkable 1,004 trillion Natiquese rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 296,459 Natiquese rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Women tell their friends they've been on crash diets rather than admit they were pregnant and have had terminations, it turns out that money can buy you happiness, teenagers stay out into the wee hours of the morning "stargazing", and you're only as old as you feel. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Natica's national animal is the Falcon-Natych, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Natica is ranked 321,769^th in the world and 12^th in The Union of the Worlds Nations for Safest, scoring 5.83 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.