The Kingdom of Nightval is a massive, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.468 billion Nightvalians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stargazer. The average income tax rate is 8.6%.

The Nightvalian economy, worth 86.5 trillion Vals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 58,900 Vals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Nightval in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Nightval's national animal is the leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Nightval is ranked 142,891^st in the world and 40^th in India for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,041.98 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.