The Federal Republic of Nergtul is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Shinji Serizawa with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.251 billion Nergtulians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nergtulian economy, worth 995 trillion Yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 159,214 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nergtul's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region, all the world's a stage for Nergtulian political theatrics, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, and a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nergtul's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Shintō.

Nergtul is ranked 3,193^rd in the world and 2^nd in Japan for Safest, scoring 135.61 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.