The Federation of Nordelys is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 14 million Nordelysians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 8.8%.

The strong Nordelysian economy, worth 852 billion Elys a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 60,889 Elys, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Nordelys's national animal is the loup arctique.

Nordelys is ranked 66,391^st in the world and 55^th in Horizon for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 16,173.06 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.