The Republic of North Sylvia is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 45 million North Sylvians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.8%.

The very strong North Sylvian economy, worth 3.27 trillion kronor a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 72,607 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. North Sylvia's national animal is the wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

North Sylvia is ranked 201,659^th in the world and 443^rd in Horizon for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 830.09 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.