The Authoritarian Empire of Continentis Septentrionalis is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Imperator Continentis with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.614 billion Septentrionalisians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Centrum mundi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Septentrional economy, worth a remarkable 1,005 trillion NSVS a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 278,313 NSVS, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

The military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", military information leaks are **REDACTED** by **REDACTED** in **REDACTED**, Imperator Continentis has killer fashion sense, and petitioners are increasingly resorting to climbing through Imperator Continentis's window to draw attention to their issues. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Continentis Septentrionalis's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Continentis Septentrionalis is ranked 10,283^rd in the world and 1^st in nya Skandinavien for Smartest Citizens, with 92.04 quips per hour.