The Protectorate of Nordic Aurora is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 275 million Nordic Aurorans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 58.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Nordic Auroran economy, worth 15.5 trillion seals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 56,508 seals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Snitches get riches, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, and young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nordic Aurora's national animal is the eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Nordic Aurora is ranked 215,452^nd in the world and 4,059^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 146.59 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.