The Stratocratic state of The empire of north is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Annette Pouchard with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, vat-grown people, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.296 billion Imperials 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eirhaven. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial economy, worth a remarkable 4,107 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 252,055 Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,321,513 per year while the poor average 25,748, a ratio of 51.3 to 1.

Tourists avoid using the nation's bugged phones and monitored internet, women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up", getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and children are often punished for the sins of the fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The empire of north's national animal is the German shepard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

The empire of north is ranked 16,548^th in the world and 1,033^rd in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,159.23 pounds of wildlife per square mile.