The Armed Federation of Norpterazyan is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Daniel Sanda with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.062 billion Rzares are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Khersinia. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Razyan economy, worth 203 trillion Ketelaeres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 98,732 Ketelaeres, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, and the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norpterazyan's national animal is the Blue-Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Norpterazyan is ranked 42,240^th in the world and 815^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 170.13 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.