The Northern Island Empire of Haven and Sanctuary is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Ghara Hasran with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.589 billion Havenian and Sanctuarians 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, corrupt, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capucara. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Havenian and Sanctuarian economy, worth a remarkable 6,417 trillion Supsios 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 Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 439,869 Supsios, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, and the government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Haven and Sanctuary's national animal is the Giant Sea Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Guardian faith and other religions.

Haven and Sanctuary is ranked 248,692^nd in the world and 2,463^rd in the Pacific for Most Conservative, scoring 39.75 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.