The Community of Nethervale is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jason the First with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.63 billion Nethervaleans 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Downtown. The average income tax rate is 87.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nethervalean economy, worth 189 trillion stags a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,330 stags, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, and many suspect the government "doth protest too much" with their curiously specific denials of conspiracy theories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nethervale's national animal is the stag, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is none.

Nethervale is ranked 170,921^st in the world and 1,859^th in the South Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,220.39 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.