The Dominion of HMS Norwood is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, avowedly heterosexual populace, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed population of 4.567 billion LKErs are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 50.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving HMS Norwoodian economy, worth 422 trillion Sovereigns a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,546 Sovereigns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, legislators toe the party line lest the Sergeant-at-Arms decide to conduct "truncheon practice" on the backbench, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, and crossbow bolts fill the skies if so much as a sparrow flies overhead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HMS Norwood's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

HMS Norwood is ranked 58,153^rd in the world and 3,230^th in Balder for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,382.01 on the Gilded Widget Scale.