The Allied States of Northern itas is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.744 billion Northern itasians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.5%.

The all-consuming Northern itasian economy, worth 627 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,001 marks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 358,261 per year while the poor average 16,605, a ratio of 21.6 to 1.

Customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, political shows are fit for purpose, citizens' names are redacted on their IDs for national security, and distrust of taps has many people bathing only with bottled mineral water. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Northern itas's national animal is the tiger.

Northern itas is ranked 55,453^rd in the world and 851^st in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,548.66 on the Gilded Widget Scale.