The United Dragon Kingdom of Norgad is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Duncan McWyvern with a fair hand, and remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.837 billion Norgadians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dragon City. The average income tax rate is 86.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Norgadian economy, worth 427 trillion Gold Norgars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 150,633 Gold Norgars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, Duncan McWyvern's speeches are beloved by insomniacs, and viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norgad's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Non-denominational status.

Norgad is ranked 13,180^th in the world and 508^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,838.38 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.