The Free Land of Norden Jarnviter is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 170 million Jarnviterians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 65.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Jarnviterian economy, worth 3.75 trillion Roots 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 Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 22,078 Roots, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Former gun owners are finding that brandishing paintball guns isn't as satisfying as the real thing, the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and political spontaneity takes a lot of planning. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norden Jarnviter's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Norden Jarnviter is ranked 290,284^th in the world and 5,229^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.22 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.