The People's Republic of Norvus is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 343 million Norvites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Haven. The average income tax rate is 65.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Norvite economy, worth 23.3 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 68,043 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, edutainment video games are taking Norvus's students to the next level, and political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norvus's national animal is the griffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Norvus is ranked 11,014^th in the world and 2^nd in Paladin Astralblitz for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.32 percentage of bribes refused.