The People's Republic of New Noric is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Jet with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.009 billion New Noricers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Concord. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The frighteningly efficient New Norician economy, worth a remarkable 1,399 trillion gohns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 199,673 gohns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Geosynchronous satellites are now manned by unpaid interns, the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs, citizens have voted the song "Jet Smells Like A Panther" as their new national anthem, and school lockers are filled with fancy underwear. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Noric's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Children of Joasis.

New Noric is ranked 1,209^th in the world and 26^th in Europe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 14,724.84 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.