The Federal Republic of Nehawka is a small, socially progressive nation, notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 40 million Nehawkans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Nehawkan economy, worth 1.40 trillion eagles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 34,946 eagles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, enemy governments seem especially interested in Nehawka's election cycle, prisons in Nehawka are the summer homes of murderers, and concerned environmentalists wipe away their tears with tissues sourced from Tasmanian old-growth redwoods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nehawka's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nehawka is ranked 311,028^th in the world and 578^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 427.43 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.