The Commonwealth of Northern Socialist Council Republics is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by First Speaker Russ with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.309 billion Northerners 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soundstead. The average income tax rate is 94.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Northern economy, worth a remarkable 2,148 trillion Commonwealth kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 174,543 Commonwealth kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', museums offer moralization or your money back, and juvenile delinquents are fitter than ever. Crime is totally unknown. Northern Socialist Council Republics's national animal is the swan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Northern Socialist Council Republics is ranked 49,566^th in the world and 501^st in The North Pacific for Largest Populations, with 12.3 billion capita.