The People's Republic of Noersa is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory military service. The cynical population of 104 million Noersans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Noersan economy, worth 4.95 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Average income is 47,558 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes, workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year, critical thinking is grounds for expulsion from university, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Noersa's national animal is the Northern Giant Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Noersa is ranked 223,642^nd in the world and 4,540^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.