The Grand Duchy of Norstromia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Grand Duke with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and compulsory gun ownership. The cynical population of 8.529 billion Norstromians 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 enormous government prioritizes Law & Order, although Education, Defense, and Welfare are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Norstromia City. The average income tax rate is 39.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Norstromian economy, worth 125 trillion Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 14,665 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, the government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norstromia's national animal is the Tuan'Tec, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Benduism.

Norstromia is ranked 70,282^nd in the world and 4^th in Galactic Imperium for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 45.83 on the Kitten Softness Rating.