The New Empire of Northern Ateria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Nemo I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 9.354 billion North Aterians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Aterian economy, worth a remarkable 2,928 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 313,096 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences, weight loss clubs that guarantee losing a stone a month are talking about misplacing rocks, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, and the backs of 'No Trespassing' signs were made for you and me. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Northern Ateria's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Northern Ateria is ranked 110,728^th in the world and 27^th in Changuu for Nudest, with 120 Cheeks Per Square Mile.