The Federal Republic of North America and the Great Lakes is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Franklin York with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, hatred of cheese, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 27.957 billion Americans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Environment, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient American economy, worth a remarkable 5,181 trillion dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 185,340 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Academics have a bone to pick with free market entrepreneurs, arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be, and President Franklin York can cry on demand. Crime is totally unknown. North America and the Great Lakes's national animal is the American bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is freedom of religion.

North America and the Great Lakes is ranked 288,653^rd in the world and 3^rd in The New Horizon for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.38 kickbacks per hour.