The Commonwealth of Northern Socialist Council Republics is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by First Speaker Russ with a fair hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, state-planned economy, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.098 billion Northerners are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soundstead. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Northern economy, worth 534 trillion Commonwealth kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 172,635 Commonwealth kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, the Northern Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, and home renovation projects take decades to complete. Crime is totally unknown. Northern Socialist Council Republics's national animal is the swan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Northern Socialist Council Republics is ranked 31,490^th in the world and 1,625^th in The North Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 70.51 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.