The Federation of Norostovok is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 220 million Norostovokians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 19.0%.

The strong Norostovokian economy, worth 9.88 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 44,896 rubles, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Angst-filled teenagers are rushing off to buy government bonds for some odd reason, a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, and computer users are buried daily in thousands of unsolicited emails. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norostovok's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Norostovok is ranked 252,243^rd in the world and 9^th in Union of Yukaris Gap Basement Nations for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring zero on the Gilded Widget Scale.