The Regional Nation of The Northern Light is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The North Pacific Delegate with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, ritual sacrifices, and smutty television. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 12.363 billion TNPers are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic 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 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Lightian economy, worth a remarkable 2,153 trillion Pacific Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 174,228 Pacific Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

It takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, people are careful to avoid hyperbolising that they'd "rather die" than support The North Pacific Delegate, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, and citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northern Light's national animal is the McMasterdonian Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Flemingovianism.

The Northern Light is ranked 2,882^nd in the world and 120^th in The North Pacific for Most Devout, with 5,009.98 Prayers Per Hour.