The Most Serene Republic of North Southumberland is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Rulerman The Wise with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 18.163 billion North Southers 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Southumberland City. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The frighteningly efficient North Southish economy, worth a remarkable 4,353 trillion Floogles a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 239,666 Floogles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cute fluffy little Rulerman The Wises are increasingly popular exotic pets, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in North Southumberland, and monocled merchants with funny accents are applying for North Southish citizenship in droves. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Southumberland's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

North Southumberland is ranked 169,792^nd in the world and 860^th in 10000 Islands for Most Authoritarian, with 453.25 milliStalins.