The Republic of Norres is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6.194 billion Norresians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Welfare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. The average income tax rate is 11.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Norresian economy, worth 298 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,270 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, and liberals and conservatives try to disqualify each other's candidates on the grounds that "their ideas would never work in the real world". Crime is well under control. Norres's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Norres is ranked 153,205^th in the world and 296^th in 10000 Islands for Most Armed, with 0.32 weapons per person.