The Commonwealth of Northeast Iowa is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, vat-grown people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 698 million Noiowans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Moines. The average income tax rate is 8.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Northeast Iowan economy, worth 54.9 trillion US Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,631 US Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for, the love has gone in Northeast Iowa, some members of Parliament are illiterate, and the criminal underworld is dominated by cupcake smugglers and back-alley doughnut shops. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force. Northeast Iowa's national animal is the Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Northeast Iowa is ranked 98,776^th in the world and 155^th in Wintreath for Highest Food Quality, scoring 23.32 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.