The Dictatorship of North Nguyen-am is a large, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 126 million North Nguyen-amians 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 prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped North Nguyen-amian economy, worth 4.70 trillion dong a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 37,283 dong, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Requests to "pass the salt" are supported by tank divisions, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts, and schoolyard sandboxes resemble ashtrays due to the large number of cigarette butts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Nguyen-am's national animal is the Red-Crowned Crane.

North Nguyen-am is ranked 279,720^th in the world and 202^nd in Benigtopia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -8.2 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.