The House Stark of Winterfell is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by King Rickon Stark with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.945 billion Starks 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Winterfell. The average income tax rate is 20.8%.

The Stark economy, worth 475 trillion silver marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 53,123 silver marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants, some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, the nation's smallest direwolfball teams trade draft picks for a free lunch, and the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Winterfell's national animal is the direwolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the old gods.

Winterfell is ranked 50,544^th in the world and 20^th in Westeros for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.8 percentage of bribes refused.