The Republic of Norad-8 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.939 billion Norad-8ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 53.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Norad-8ian economy, worth 264 trillion rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,068 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, the government is spending billions of taxpayer rupees to support "struggling" industries, and most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norad-8's national animal is the squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Norad-8 is ranked 236,409^th in the world and 9,200^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 17.17 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.