The Allied States of North Iscot is a very large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 193 million North Iscotians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 13.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The North Iscotian economy, worth 10.3 trillion Iscotian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,569 Iscotian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

There's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, cyclists spend more time unlocking their bicycles than they do cycling, and everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. North Iscot's national animal is the Red deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

North Iscot is ranked 53,952^nd in the world and 2,563^rd in the South Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,040.59 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.