The Grand Duchy of Nordariki is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ragnarr Draki with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.31 billion Vylk 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, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Konugard. The average income tax rate is 88.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Vyka economy, worth a remarkable 3,812 trillion môrks 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. 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 an amazing 249,021 môrks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The tax department is having withdrawal symptoms, no true communist is an unbeliever, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, and decreased demand for toilets is saving the prison service a lot of money. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nordariki's national animal is the Blood Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Asatru.

Nordariki is ranked 284,363^rd in the world and 5^th in Almaren for Most Primitive, scoring -425.85 on the Scary Big Number Scale.