The Holy Empire of Nutty Gas Station Weed is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and state-planned economy. The hard-working, democratic population of 676 million Nutty Gas Station Weedians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of EVERYBODY HIT THE D E C K. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.9%.

The strong Nutty Gas Station Weedian economy, worth 48.3 trillion Browns 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Basket Weaving, 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 71,398 Browns, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury, several inches are being added to first class seating, and cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nutty Gas Station Weed's national animal is the La Creatura, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nutty Gas Station Weed is ranked 34,009^th in the world and 2^nd in Old World Alliance for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 167.84 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.