The Commonwealth of Nikaton is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 159 million Nikatonons are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Nikatonese economy, worth 2.93 trillion Yakitoes 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 a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, Gambling, 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 18,415 Yakitoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's historic treasures have been sold off to Maxtopia's "Museum of Nikatonese Artifacts That They're Too Stupid to Appreciate", artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common, Nikaton City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, and the Messiah (formerly known as Brian) is a mayoral candidate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Nikaton's national animal is the Nikatonese Snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nikaton is ranked 305,586^th in the world and 9^th in The Union of the Worlds Nations for Highest Average Incomes, with 18,415.83 Standard Monetary Units.