The Northern Commonwealth of Magna-Parva is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by David Elizabeth with a fair hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.336 billion Magna-Parvans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Sydney. The average income tax rate is 84.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Magna-Parvan economy, worth 472 trillion pounds a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,501 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, and angry men scowl at each other across chess boards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Magna-Parva's national animal is the eel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is tolerant atheism.

Magna-Parva is ranked 86,457^th in the world and 52^nd in Forest for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,699.96 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.