The Federal Republic of Nighturia is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by President Emily Riem with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 15.305 billion Nighturians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nightwind. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nighturian economy, worth a remarkable 1,747 trillion Moonia Credits a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,175 Moonia Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

President Emily Riem's webseries about the alleged hauntings of Nightwind generates millions of views, child labor has been outlawed, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, and tabloids coo over President Emily Riem's expected child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nighturia's national animal is the Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Celestial Faith.

Nighturia is ranked 183,412^th in the world and 21^st in Grand Imperium of a Thousand Realms for Largest Black Market, with 648 billion Standard Monetary Units.