The Armed Republic of Neveron is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Supreme Leader Neal with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, anti-smoking policies, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 20.442 billion Neveronians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neveron City. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Neveronian economy, worth a remarkable 2,684 trillion Marcolinis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 131,337 Marcolinis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, citizens wouldn't recognise Supreme Leader Neal if they passed one another on the street, slow dancing is made trickier when Auntie Edna insists on standing between the couple's arms, and nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neveron's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Neveron is ranked 24,660^th in the world and 2^nd in Valderon for Largest Black Market, with 103 trillion Standard Monetary Units.