The Taiga Folk of Northern Wood is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Khagan of the Hunt with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.974 billion Taiga Folks 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Radagast's Rest. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Taiga Folk economy, worth a remarkable 2,487 trillion amber thorns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 311,897 amber thorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, and children crying over dropped ice creams are offered high doses of experimental antidepressants. Crime is totally unknown. Northern Wood's national animal is the Northern Moss Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Eldersong.

Northern Wood is ranked 485^th in the world and 4^th in Forest for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 14,705.36 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.