The Regional Nation of The Northern Light is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The North Pacific Delegate with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 12.756 billion TNPers are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Magicality City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Lightian economy, worth a remarkable 2,208 trillion Pacific Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 173,156 Pacific Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 693,661 per year while the poor average 29,002, a ratio of 23.9 to 1.

Over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northern Light's national animal is the McMasterdonian Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Flemingovianism.

The Northern Light is ranked 101,917^th in the world and 5,243^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,004.94 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.