The Grand Duchy of Nordeyar is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Erik Nørdahl with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 830 million Nordeyarians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uthavn. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The very strong Nordeyarian economy, worth 72.1 trillion Nordeyar Kroner a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 86,836 Nordeyar Kroner, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

The single fish caught by Nordeyarian fishers last year is cited as evidence of Nordeyar's thriving fisheries, laws are littered with references to cheese, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, and Nordeyar isn't what it used to be. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Nordeyar's national animal is the Human.

Nordeyar is ranked 24,181^st in the world and 380^th in Europe for Nicest Citizens, with 21.52 average smiles per day.