The Federation of Northern Winds is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its burgeoning polar bear population. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 23.677 billion Northern Windsians 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Northern Windsian economy, worth 510 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 21,548 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Winds's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Northern Winds is ranked 177,664^th in the world and 2^nd in The United Northern Countries for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 64.03 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.