The Republic of Nuclear Deterrent is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.698 billion Nuclear Deterrentians 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 Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Nuclear Deterrentian economy, worth 136 trillion guilders 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 Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 15,669 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security, the new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, and there is no other place with more lab coats per square mile than former houses of worship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nuclear Deterrent's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nuclear Deterrent is ranked 239,864^th in the world and 3^rd in United States of Lelouch Vi Britannia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.28 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.