The Empire of Northern Cyrus is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.053 billion Northern Cyrusians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 14.9%.

The thriving Northern Cyrusian economy, worth 85.9 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,603 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Only persecuted professionals need apply for asylum, the Counter-Terrorism Unit has been nicknamed "Big Bad Wolf" for its tendency towards urban demolition, military spending recently hit a new high, and citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Northern Cyrus's national animal is the Gorilla, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Northern Cyrus is ranked 95,462^nd in the world and 187^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,566.16 on the Gilded Widget Scale.