The Democratic Republic of Netilla is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.338 billion Netillans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Netillan economy, worth 34.7 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 25,954 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, the country has unplugged its internet connection to prevent subversive content, a major religion has been named as Netilla's national religion, and the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Netilla's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Netilla is ranked 143,830^th in the world and 22^nd in Rocketopia for Most Patriotic, with 9.98 flags saluted per person per day.