The Alternate Provisional Gov't of Northrop Grumman is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 27.351 billion Grummians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The large, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hawthorne. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Grummian economy, worth a remarkable 2,776 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,514 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northrop Grumman's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Northrop Grumman is ranked 199,247^th in the world and 7^th in The Vast for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 29,642.3 Standard Monetary Units.