The Provisional Government of Northrop-Grumman Corp is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 49.041 billion Northrop-Grumman Corpians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The thriving Northrop-Grumman Corpian economy, worth a remarkable 2,028 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 41,368 dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 220,697 per year while the poor average 4,075, a ratio of 54.2 to 1.

The Northrop-Grumman Corp Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime is a serious problem. Northrop-Grumman Corp's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Northrop-Grumman Corp is ranked 80,271^st in the world and 7^th in The Vast for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,230.54 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.