The Jellyfish in the Sky of Nocryae is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Hikari with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 14.409 billion Nocryaeans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aithne. The average income tax rate is 35.1%.

The all-consuming Nocryaean economy, worth a remarkable 1,435 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 99,598 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Light entertainment isn't dead, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, Hikari's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site, and lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nocryae's national animal is the sassy sea turtles, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Castianity.

Nocryae is ranked 39,188^th in the world and 1,042^nd in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 78.04 law-abiding acts per hour.