The Allied States of The Northern Overwatch Command is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 273 million Benefactors 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 24.3%.

The very strong Benefactorian economy, worth 20.0 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 73,317 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians sweat as journalists scour internet archives for any mention of them, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state, remote-control hang-gliding scarecrows patrol the skies to keep songbirds from leaving the nation's borders, and the government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northern Overwatch Command's national animal is the Antlion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Northern Overwatch Command is ranked 96,885^th in the world and 5,087^th in Osiris for Most Developed, scoring 62.52 on the Human Development Index.