The Golden Federal Republic of Intion North is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Ted Benatar with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 3.969 billion Intonorthians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City of the North. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Intonorthian economy, worth 679 trillion Aneans a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 171,081 Aneans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, funerals are often rudely interrupted by juggling clowns shouting for volunteers from the audience, and the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country. Crime is totally unknown. Intion North's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Capitalism.

Intion North is ranked 11,531^st in the world and 622^nd in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,435.15 pounds of wildlife per square mile.