The United Prefectures of Noronica is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by First Prefect Trystan Alexander with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, humorless population of 6.994 billion Noronnicans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City of Nolon. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Noronnican economy, worth a remarkable 1,208 trillion Cainds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 172,801 Cainds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, people faint regularly as they get stuck with compulsory vaccinations, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and corporate 'hostile takeovers' now involve ICBMs and main battle tanks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Noronica's national animal is the Great White Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Presbyterian Protestantism.

Noronica is ranked 6,692^nd in the world and 26^th in The Western Isles for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 91.98 Effective Tax Rate.