The Cherry Blossom Commonwealth of North Prarie is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Lindon with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.171 billion Prarieans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stonebridge. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient North Prariean economy, worth a remarkable 1,177 trillion Deltas 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 164,205 Deltas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

North Prarie is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, the countryside is shrouded by wind farms, and politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Prarie's national animal is the Narwhal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Blossomism.

North Prarie is ranked 1,440^th in the world and 55^th in the South Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 377.59 Bank.