The Third Republic of Norosphood is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Daniël Olivier with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 5.164 billion Norosphoodians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hessenberg. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Norosphoodian economy, worth 338 trillion kronor a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,457 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Norosphoodians any less frightened, bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, and it's considered providence that the political lexicon contains a syrup of company slogans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norosphood's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Norosphood is ranked 51,559^th in the world and 2,538^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 78.11 law-abiding acts per hour.