The Blue Skies of Nobodys Child is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Jeff Lynne with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.978 billion Child of Nobodies 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Birmingham. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.5%.

The powerhouse Nobody's Child economy, worth 469 trillion dreams a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,456 dreams, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 226,483 per year while the poor average 21,565, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good, snitches get riches, careless Maxémon Trainers have been the cause of numerous search and rescue operations, and the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nobodys Child's national animal is the painted lady butterfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Electric Light Orchestra.

Nobodys Child is ranked 149,971^st in the world and 37^th in Sky Haven for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.04 law-abiding acts per hour.