The Imperial Empire of Northern Norkelia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Isabella Ramirez with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, compulsory military service, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.824 billion Norkelians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Brooken. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Norkelian economy, worth 598 trillion Union Mark Der Demokratische Republiks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Basket Weaving industry. Average income is an impressive 124,055 Union Mark Der Demokratische Republiks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, the nation is proudly the least fertile in Eastern Western Alliance, the nation is famous for bravely sending wave after wave of its soldiers until the enemy runs out of bullets, and nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Norkelia's national animal is the Parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is None.

Northern Norkelia is ranked 285,649^th in the world and 2^nd in Eastern Western Alliance for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.96 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.