The Federation of Northern Socialist States is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Wilhelm von Potestas with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.887 billion NSS Citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Potestas. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient NSS Citizenry economy, worth a remarkable 7,174 trillion Federation Credits 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 424,868 Federation Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, nations that kill an NSS Citizen can expect a strongly worded letter, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, and this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Socialist States's national animal is the Swan, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kostromaism.

Northern Socialist States is ranked 3,286^th in the world and 40^th in Europe for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 3,340.02 on the Clooney Contribution Index.