The Democratic Republic of Northern Penland is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by HZ with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 927 million Northern Penlandians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Litaven. The average income tax rate is 18.7%.

The thriving Northern Penlandian economy, worth 60.3 trillion Litavs a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 65,088 Litavs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, and HZ has just been declared ruler of Northern Penland in an international press conference. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Northern Penland's national animal is the Moose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Northern Penland is ranked 259,981^st in the world and 4^th in Mediterranean Empire for Most Primitive, scoring -133.21 on the Scary Big Number Scale.