The Republic of Nordwald is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Bundeskanzler Lutz Ostwalder with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.046 billion Nordwaldians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Südwaldstadt. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Nordwaldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,436 trillion Walders a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 203,864 Walders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Nordwaldian weed picker are way up, male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed, parking's carefree without parking car fees, and political spontaneity takes a lot of planning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nordwald's national animal is the Baummarder, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nordwald is ranked 259,302^nd in the world and 4,793^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -5.1 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.