The Protectorate of North Pacific Spy Agent 19 is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 19.195 billion North Pacific Spy Agent 19ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 23.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish North Pacific Spy Agent 19ian economy, worth 513 trillion Shiny Green Things 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. 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 26,747 Shiny Green Things, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Homosexuality is a crime punishable by death, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, and in a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Pacific Spy Agent 19's national animal is the Black Bear.

North Pacific Spy Agent 19 is ranked 94,108^th in the world and 3,998^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 85.09 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.