The Kingdom of Complex NationStates is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 277 million readers are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.2%.

The thriving supporter economy, worth 20.3 trillion post counts a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 73,409 post counts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 259,846 per year while the poor average 14,974, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Complex NationStates's national animal is the poster, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Complex NationStates is ranked 227,264^th in the world and 3^rd in Forum Squared for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.