The Republic of NAS74 is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and pith helmet sales. The hard-working, cynical population of 3.59 billion NAS74ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.3%.

The powerhouse NAS74ian economy, worth 279 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 77,779 Marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 269,434 per year while the poor average 16,397, a ratio of 16.4 to 1.

Tax assessment offices double as polling stations, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', disadvantaged youths often commit felonies to enhance their educational prospects, and oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NAS74's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

NAS74 is ranked 326,153^rd in the world and 103^rd in The Ninth Army for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -13.27 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.