The Regional Nation of The Northern Light is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The North Pacific Delegate with an even hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, zero percent divorce rate, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 13.255 billion TNPers 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Magicality City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Lightian economy, worth a remarkable 2,523 trillion Pacific Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 190,370 Pacific Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 604,547 per year while the poor average 45,672, a ratio of 13.2 to 1.

Search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, census workers are having a hard time figuring out who is actually living in The Northern Light after the ban on emigration was lifted, and terrorist videos start by thanking their sponsors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northern Light's national animal is the McMasterdonian Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Flemingovianism.

The Northern Light is ranked 219,639^th in the world and 10,063^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -25.2 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.