The Protectorate of Nordic Aurora is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 560 million Nordic Aurorans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Nordic Auroran economy, worth 32.1 trillion seals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 57,342 seals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, Leader's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and at the edge of the final frontier space's biggest missile platform is about to unfold. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nordic Aurora's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nordic Aurora is ranked 65,064^th in the world and 1,447^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,791.86 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.