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The Grand Marquisat of Northshires is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Hull XIX de Northshire with an even hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, ubiquitous missile silos, and smutty television. The compassionate population of 6.467 billion Northshiresians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rauzan. The average income tax rate is 94.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Northshiresian economy, worth a remarkable 1,368 trillion Northshiresian Telrions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 211,682 Northshiresian Telrions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Roaming gangsters have been replaced by roaming drunkards, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, commemoration of the Great Conch Kingdom War costs almost as much as the war itself, and emojis are the soul of wit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Northshires's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Northshires is ranked 246,550^th in the world and 289^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Extreme, scoring 10.84 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.