The Commonwealth of Saint Norm is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prelate Lodovijk II with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, zero percent divorce rate, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 11.341 billion True Believers are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Rejoicing. Income tax is unheard of.

The Faithful economy, worth 348 trillion Leaves a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 30,715 Leaves, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, photographs that show ladies' ankles are considered risqué, bungee jumpers frequently go splat, and the derisively named "Morlocks of Moria" futilely demand time in the sun. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint Norm's national animal is the Leafcutter Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ultra-Orthodox Empirical Syncretism.

Saint Norm is ranked 959^th in the world and 1^st in Commonwealth of Saint Norm for Lowest Crime Rates, with 172.56 law-abiding acts per hour.