The Republic of Norilian is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and national health service. The hard-nosed population of 304 million Norili are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ithanmou. The average income tax rate is 54.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Norilianic economy, worth 27.8 trillion Norilian Kithas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,327 Norilian Kithas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, and Norilian has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norilian's national animal is the Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Norilian is ranked 35,174^th in the world and 619^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 808.17 pounds of wildlife per square mile.