The United Consensus of Nexia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Runa Aethirshire with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.535 billion Nexians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nexus. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Nexian economy, worth 389 trillion Credits a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,928 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, the nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight, and all the playground's a stage for Nexian schoolchildren. Crime is totally unknown. Nexia's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nexia is ranked 163,407^th in the world and 7,845^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -6.16 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.