The Kingdom of Nettlecombe is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by King Coenwulf with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic population of 18.975 billion Nettlecombers 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bierley. The average income tax rate is 81.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nettlecombean economy, worth a remarkable 2,265 trillion euros a year, is quite specialized 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 119,418 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes, helping grandma with her Misgendering 101 homework is a national rite of passage, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, and King Coenwulf has killer fashion sense. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nettlecombe's national animal is the Red kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is pagan.

Nettlecombe is ranked 15,399^th in the world and 7^th in Vectis for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 81.56 Effective Tax Rate.