The Free Commune of The Northwest Corridor is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.394 billion Corridorians 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 relatively small, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Svind. The average income tax rate is 27.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Corridorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,054 trillion Dycats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 164,910 Dycats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Cigarettes are dead-cheap, the TNCBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays, military spending is on the increase, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Northwest Corridor's national animal is the white elk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Interim Polytheism.

The Northwest Corridor is ranked 24,836^th in the world and 6^th in Valaryia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 85.01 kickbacks per hour.