The Democratic Republic of Northern Glory is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by King MarkMan the elder with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6.127 billion Northern Gloryians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valley of Golden Halo. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Gloryian economy, worth 887 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 144,888 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surrogate mothers are encouraged to refer to their wombs as 'rental space', sometimes a whole prison wing will house a single prisoner, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, and space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Glory's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Northern Glory is ranked 173,381^st in the world and 6,666^th in The North Pacific for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.86 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.