The United Socialist States of Necanica is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Boroj Tetrarch with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.141 billion Necanicans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Firstep City. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Necanican economy, worth 265 trillion marknotes 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 123,949 marknotes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Third world countries are rich in "I Love Firstep City" t-shirts, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", and the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Necanica's national animal is the Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Atheism.

Necanica is ranked 168,283^rd in the world and 11^th in Greater Necanica for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 515.47 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.