The Protectorate of North Pacific Spy Agent 8 is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 19.296 billion North Pacific Spy Agent 8ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped North Pacific Spy Agent 8ian economy, worth 502 trillion Shiny Green Things a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 26,016 Shiny Green Things, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weathermen are being arrested for attempting to read the future, randomly bombing neighboring countries has become the new national sport, in a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and citizens are deeply regretting challenging the government to be honest about its intentions. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Pacific Spy Agent 8's national animal is the Black Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

North Pacific Spy Agent 8 is ranked 88,091^st in the world and 3,877^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 86.8 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.