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North Korea

A nation of 26.6 million on the Korean Peninsula, closed to most international finance, where forest covers 64% of the land and six in ten people have electricity.

Perfect Nations values what North Korea owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

North Korea at a glance

  • 26.6mPeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Energy78%of people in the DPRK still cook without clean fuelsWorld Bank, 2024
Work with usRead the Letter to North Korea

What we do for North Korea

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Forest to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsThe instruments that raise capital against those assets, from every source.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Energy is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry North Korea toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 64.1%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

  • 63.1%Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021

    The Clean Grid

    Six tenths of the power from rivers.

  • 21.6%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Rice and maize on a fifth of the land, much of it mountainous.

  • 120,410 km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Territory to farm, power and protect.

  • 26.6mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    18.9% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

A nation outside the capital markets.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what North Korea owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

Capital already committed

  • The capital already committed to North Korea is being gathered: every instrument and investment on record, with its source.

The North Korea Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Kim Soo-ah, Nation Steward of North Korea

Kim Soo-ahNation Steward of North Korea · SI Researcher

  • The first sourced news for North Korea is in review.

Already working in North Korea.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in North Korea, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in North Korea are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect North Korea, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with North Korea in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
North Korea: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for North Korea.WATER66.6%SHELTER77%ENERGY22%FOOD–EDUCATION–HEALTH77LIVELIHOOD–
22%
Energy · furthest from reach22% cook with clean fuels and technology; 61.4% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect North Korea

To be set with North Korea, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of North Korea, each year.

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  • FoodNot measuredNo FAO measure of food insecurity is published for North KoreaFAO
  • Water66.6%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2023
  • Shelter77%City dwellers outside slums; 23% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy22%22% cook with clean fuels and technology; 61.4% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • EducationNot measuredNeither learning outcomes nor lower-secondary completion is published for North KoreaWorld Bank
  • Health77WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • LivelihoodNot measuredNo poverty survey for North Korea is published by the World BankWorld Bank

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with North Korea. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect North Korea

All Solutions

  • The Solution for North KoreaEnergy

    Finance clean power and clean cooking at national scale.

    • 01The challenge78% Of people in the DPRK still cook without clean fuels. World Bank, 2024
    • 02The dealSovereign green bond, proved in India, 2023: INR 16,000 cr in the first issuance. Reserve Bank of India, 2023
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where energy is furthest from reach should issue a sovereign green bond ring-fenced for clean power and clean cooking. With super intelligence, the switch can be priced for every household still cooking with wood, charcoal or kerosene, and every project the bond finances reported to investors.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsNorth Korea

Dear North Korea,

You hold forested mountains, rivers that already give most of your power, and a people of 26 million.

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Six in ten of you have electricity and fewer than one in four cook with clean fuel. Should the day come when capital can reach you, let it first bring clean fuel to every kitchen.

“Should capital reach the peninsula’s north, let it first reach every kitchen.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect North Korea ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for North Korea, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Energy, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where the people of the DPRK and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect North Korea into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect North Korea, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect North Korea.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does North Korea already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect North Korea.

    Become a Co-designer

The North Korea ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect North Korea with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
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