The Free Land of Nord Botten is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, national health service, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate population of 15.708 billion Nord Bottenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Norden. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Nord Bottenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,978 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 189,631 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government subsidizes everything from particle physics to fabric softeners, Widow Twankey complains about being "cancelled", cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, and teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nord Botten's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nord Botten is ranked 3,189^th in the world and 164^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 683.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.