The Royal Duchy of Nolgonia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Duke of Nolga with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.339 billion Nolgans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Edenburgh. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Nolgonian economy, worth 512 trillion Nollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,977 Nollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government seems embarrassed to be seen governing, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, constipated disaster survivors are rapidly learning that MRE is short for "Meal Requiring Enemas", and the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nolgonia's national animal is the Peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nolgonia is ranked 115,611^th in the world and 746^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,246.12 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.