The Incorporated States of Noreats is a mid-sized, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 85 million Noreatsians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Noreatsian economy, worth 4.32 trillion minerals 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. 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 50,818 minerals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government conducts negotiations with drawings after firing multilinguals for treason, the practice of capital punishment proves divisive, military spending is on the increase, and people forget to eat because they are too busy singing Leader's praises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Noreats's national animal is the jedi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Noreats is ranked 330,195^th in the world and 1,238^th in Concord for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -15.59 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.