The Divine Order of North Gilead is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by High Commander Joseph Lawrence with an iron fist, and notable for its ban on automobiles, triple-decker prams, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.785 billion Gileadeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bethlehem Island. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse North Gileadian economy, worth 553 trillion Tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 115,729 Tokens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

High Commander Joseph Lawrence's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, North Gilead has taken the radical step of electing its future leaders, middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians, and a byzantine web of conspiracies and secret alliances must be navigated any time legislation is voted upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Gilead's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Gileadean Christianity.

North Gilead is ranked 15,545^th in the world and 7^th in Liberal Democratic Union for Lowest Crime Rates, with 93.65 law-abiding acts per hour.