The Empire of Nighter is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Someone with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.435 billion Nighterians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chafee. The average income tax rate is 20.6%.

The thriving Nighterian economy, worth 126 trillion cheels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 88,228 cheels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Bands of paramedics walk the streets looking for suspicious medical activity, customer satisfaction with online delivery services is at an all time high, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, and the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment. Crime is almost non-existent. Nighter's national animal is the Chinchun, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Nighter is ranked 70,029^th in the world and 108^th in Lands End for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,332.78 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.