The Federation of Nahrark is a mid-sized, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 94 million Nahrarkians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Administration, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.6%.

The powerhouse Nahrarkian economy, worth 7.80 trillion Catals a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 82,986 Catals, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 250,834 per year while the poor average 21,377, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

It is said that a Nahrarkian woman's work is never done, unemployed school bus drivers photobomb virtual classroom meetings, the annual Adult Film Awards have a category for most titillating aftershave advert, and most Nahrarkian video games are banned in other countries. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nahrark's national animal is the Donkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Nahrark is ranked 300,005^th in the world and 1,037^th in Carcassonne for Nicest Citizens, with 1.08 average smiles per day.