The Commonwealth of North Oresta is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 295 million North Orestans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.9%.

The thriving North Orestan economy, worth 21.0 trillion Otérias a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 71,343 Otérias, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 269,655 per year while the poor average 13,132, a ratio of 20.5 to 1.

Foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism, one of the nation's leading exports is empty platitudes, and signs stating "You Must be This Tall to Enter" have started appearing outside retirement homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. North Oresta's national animal is the Quokka, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

North Oresta is ranked 248,844^th in the world and 36^th in Scandinavia for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 534.46 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.