The Kingdom of North Tarlutland is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 441 million North Tarlutlandians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 14.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The North Tarlutlandian economy, worth 19.3 trillion Silver Penningars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 43,672 Silver Penningars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Extreme hiring regulations mean a job in North Tarlutland is often a lifetime appointment, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, every workday begins with group therapy, and people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares. Crime is relatively low. North Tarlutland's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

North Tarlutland is ranked 225,058^th in the world and 9,597^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 216.49 on the Gilded Widget Scale.