The Midnight Kingdom of Nightralia is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Surya Odin Parantaka with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.296 billion Nightrals 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Srivijaya-Fjallvári. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Nightralian economy, worth a remarkable 1,048 trillion astrals a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 166,510 astrals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dictionary is a common first book for children, conspiracy theorists allege Srivijaya-Fjallvári's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, milk often tastes of pea, and crops are flattened as farmers bludgeon insects to death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nightralia's national animal is the Shadowphoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Wyrd-Dharma.

Nightralia is ranked 296,435^th in the world and 1,028^th in Carcassonne for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -11.24 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.