The Volcanic Islands of Nistriabar is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by The High Chancellor with a fair hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, rampant corporate plagiarism, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.237 billion Nistrians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mako. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Nistriabarian economy, worth a remarkable 4,230 trillion Nistis a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 297,118 Nistis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism, Mako's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, and the horniness of the great-horned White Shark is considered a national priority. 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 1,756^th in the world and 73^rd in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 12,906.05 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.