The People's Democratic Republic of Nilave is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Antônio Marinho with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.773 billion Nilaveans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porto Delfim. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Nilavean economy, worth 652 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 172,857 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Law schools are hurrying to teach the "prank defense" to their students, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and it's best not to ask what goes into Porto Delfim Fried Chicken's secret blend of herbs and spices. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nilave's national animal is the dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Nilave is ranked 316,693^rd in the world and 445^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9.67 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.