The Socialist Republic of North Pernambuco is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Diederik Silva with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.502 billion North Pernambucans 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Recife. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient North Pernambucoan economy, worth 803 trillion Bucos 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 significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 178,432 Bucos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Birth rates have hit an all-time low, glamping North Pernambucans won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Pernambuco's national animal is the asa-branca, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bird Supremacy.

North Pernambuco is ranked 6,175^th in the world and 142^nd in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 111.46 law-abiding acts per hour.