The But In A Different Region of Nikolaias BUT In A Different Region is a massive, safe nation, ruled by His Majesty Lionel Messi with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.128 billion Alternative Nikolaiasians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soccer City ⚽️. The average income tax rate is 38.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Alternative Nikolaiasian economy, worth 43.9 trillion Alternative Dimension Quinnels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 38,936 Alternative Dimension Quinnels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, hostage-takers offer loyalty scheme points for prompt payment, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, and His Majesty Lionel Messi has just been declared ruler of Nikolaias BUT In A Different Region in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Nikolaias BUT In A Different Region's national animal is the Alternate Dimension Dog.

Nikolaias BUT In A Different Region is ranked 287,326^th in the world and 11,829^th in The North Pacific for Most Secular, with 9.53 Atheism Rate.