The People's Republic of New Noric is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Jet with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.966 billion New Noricers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Concord. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient New Norician economy, worth a remarkable 1,384 trillion gohns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 198,708 gohns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Populations of two-headed panthers have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites, the nation leads Europe in per capita stalking, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and the nation's security is vitally dependent on imports of The Children of Joasis. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Noric's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Children of Joasis.

New Noric is ranked 330,943^rd in the world and 1,435^th in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -27.46 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.