The Empire of Northern Cyrus is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.028 billion Northern Cyrusians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 13.5%.

The thriving Northern Cyrusian economy, worth 83.6 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,334 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, and the government's only official statement on the burning down of Northern Cyrus City was that 'they shouldn't have been so careless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Northern Cyrus's national animal is the Gorilla, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Northern Cyrus is ranked 101,816^th in the world and 314^th in Concord for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,315.83 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.