The Confederacy of The Northwestern Union is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 289 million Northwestians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 31.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Northwestian economy, worth 17.1 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 59,060 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to The Northwestern Union" on tails, many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, the government has adopted a more thrifty attitude to administrating the country's needs, and the nation's smallest Buffaloball teams trade draft picks for a free lunch. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northwestern Union's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Northwestern Union is ranked 82,938^th in the world and 5^th in Union of Nationalists for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,968.47 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.