The Republic of Norvos is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Magister Mellario Golathis with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 9.054 billion Norvoshi have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Norvos. The average income tax rate is 11.8%.

The Norvoshi economy, worth 463 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is 51,090 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

True faith has been named as Norvos's national religion, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, the weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, and the average cargo freighter spends more than half its service life undergoing safety inspections. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Norvos's national animal is the bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is true faith.

Norvos is ranked 251,149^th in the world and 43^rd in Westeros for Most Developed, scoring 52.53 on the Human Development Index.