The Imperium of Norlapora is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.877 billion Norlaporans 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, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 92.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Norlaporan economy, worth 477 trillion Cat credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 165,945 Cat credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border, a soldier's body is a temple, the fate of the world literally rests on Leader's fingers, and young people never forget their first roommate — no matter how much counselling they have. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norlapora's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Leader's cult of personality.

Norlapora is ranked 281,871^st in the world and 194^th in Hell for Most Devout, with 2.16 prayers per hour.