The Free Land of Nord Botten is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, avant-garde cinema, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 15.626 billion Nord Bottenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Norden. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Nord Bottenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,977 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 190,570 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs, the government subsidizes everything from particle physics to fabric softeners, Widow Twankey complains about being "cancelled", and cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nord Botten's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nord Botten is ranked 252,824^th in the world and 5,256^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.86 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.