The United States of Northampton-MA- is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.158 billion Northampton-MA-ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Northampton-MA-ian economy, worth 632 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 152,146 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, it is well recognised that you can't sustain communism without a bit of spirit, and factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northampton-MA-'s national animal is the bald eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Northampton-MA- is ranked 267,057^th in the world and 484^th in Aerospace for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.85 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.