The Regional Nation of The Northern Light is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The North Pacific Delegate with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, compulsory gun ownership, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.485 billion TNPers 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Magicality City. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Lightian economy, worth a remarkable 3,513 trillion Pacific Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 200,971 Pacific Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and business ambassadors offer bong tokes to foreign leaders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northern Light's national animal is the McMasterdonian Lion and its national religion is Flemingovianism.

The Northern Light is ranked 4,717^th in the world and 138^th in The North Pacific for Highest Economic Output, with 3,513 trillion Standard Monetary Units.