The Volcanic Islands of Nistriabar is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Prime Alderman with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.185 billion Nistrians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mako. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Nistriabarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,072 trillion Nistis a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 225,591 Nistis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, the tinfoil-hat crowd also recommend tinfoil wallets, and the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Nistriabar. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nistriabar's national animal is the White Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Nistriabar is ranked 2,111^th in the world and 99^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 794.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.