The Republic of Norinsk is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Lazrat Krottuma with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, devout population of 1.46 billion Norinskians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Komosva. The average income tax rate is 65.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Norinskian economy, worth 125 trillion Brodobas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 85,925 Brodobas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teachers are skilled at leaving no evidence of child cruelty, the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork, murderers facing life in prison listen to long sermons on positive thinking, and the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Eagle Dung" has been declared a national treasure. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norinsk's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Telkeminy.

Norinsk is ranked 112,062^nd in the world and 185^th in Astoria for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 165.61 on the Clooney Contribution Index.