The Holy Empire of The Northern Turtles is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 138 million Northern Turtlesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government prioritizes Spirituality, with Education, Defense, and Administration also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 43.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Northern Turtlesian economy, worth 7.35 trillion Shellss a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,255 Shellss , and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population, and the nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northern Turtles's national animal is the Turtle , which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Northern Turtles is ranked 211,578^th in the world and 159^th in Covenant Shores for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 30,142.57 Standard Monetary Units.