The State of Far-North is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 13.276 billion Far-Northians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Income tax is unheard of.

The strong Far-Northian economy, worth 710 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 53,527 betales, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 329,740 per year while the poor average 3,781, a ratio of 87.2 to 1.

The streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, Far-North has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Far-North in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Far-North's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Far-North is ranked 273,399^th in the world and 669^th in 0000 for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -10.95 on the Clooney Contribution Index.