The Workers Republic of NortMond is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The High Workers Council with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 8.275 billion Nortmondians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Welfare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Defense and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Slarough. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nortmondese economy, worth a remarkable 1,006 trillion Commodities 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 121,648 Commodities, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, a recent political debate came to a quick close once the ruling party decreed it was "just plain silly", the nation's leader is normally just referred to as "snuggle-wuggle-huggy-bear", and politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. NortMond's national animal is the Bearded Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Grind.

NortMond is ranked 199,410^th in the world and 6,512^th in Balder for Most Primitive, scoring -81.8 on the Scary Big Number Scale.