The Armed Republic of Northern Tatria is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 389 million Northern Tatrians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Qark. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Tatrian economy, worth 41.0 trillion deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 105,301 deniers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 468,601 per year while the poor average 14,727, a ratio of 31.8 to 1.

The government is seen as openly hostile to all religion, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, and employers may fire workers without giving any reason. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Northern Tatria's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Northern Tatria is ranked 104,358^th in the world and 2,660^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,911.3 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.