The Northern Region of Shinkou is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by the Pokémon Association Chairman with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.678 billion Shinkouans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Administration, and Environment also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meadowfjord city. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shinkouan economy, worth 592 trillion Pokédollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,416 Pokédollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, street crime is on the rise as police officers spend most of their time in prisons, and feeling like a winner comes at a price. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shinkou's national animal is the Dragonair, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Arceusism.

Shinkou is ranked 14,507^th in the world and 6^th in The Dimensional Rift for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,397.28 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.