The Empire of Hilagang Bituin is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Northern Star with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.312 billion Hilagang Bituinians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fortress Rubricon. The average income tax rate is 83.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hilagang Bituinian economy, worth 573 trillion Starlings a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 172,865 Starlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

There's more vermin than ever on the metro, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime is totally unknown. Hilagang Bituin's national animal is the Canis lupus arctos, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Northern Stratcom.

Hilagang Bituin is ranked 142,835^th in the world and 1,671^st in the South Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,220.84 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.