The Grand Tropics of Nordoya is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Grand Primicerius Julius Lulana with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 954 million Nordoyans 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 Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porto-Centropolis. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nordoyan economy, worth 106 trillion Divitaes a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 111,772 Divitaes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers, airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, and many are asking why the latest naval vessel is named after Saint Bartholomeus the Many Handed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nordoya's national animal is the Nordoyan Sun Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Nordoya is ranked 292,542^nd in the world and 4,277^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -10.35 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.