# Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:15:19-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # 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 * **26.6m**PeopleWorld Bank * _Furthest from reach · Energy_**78%**of people in the DPRK still cook without clean fuels[World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=KP) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-studio)[Read the Letter to North Korea](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-letter) 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.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurelsThe instruments that raise capital against those assets, from every source.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Energy is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-do)**Assets** · 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 km²**Land area, 2023 * ### The Land * Territory to farm, power and protect. * **26.6m**Citizens, 2025 * ### The People * 18.9% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-do)**Capital** · 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](https://perfectnations.com/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](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Kim Soo-ah, Nation Steward of North Korea](https://perfectnations.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/11/Kim-Soo-ah-Nation-Steward-of-North-Korea-150x150.png) **Kim Soo-ah**Nation Steward of North Korea · SI ResearcherLast updated 10 November 2026 * **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](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20North%20Korea) * ### 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. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-do)**Solutions** · 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](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **22%** Energy · furthest from reach22% cook with clean fuels and technology; 61.4% have electricity[World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=KP) 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. Read more * Food**Not measured**No FAO measure of food insecurity is published for North Korea[FAO](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=KP) * Water**66.6%**Safely managed drinking water[WHO/UNICEF, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS?locations=KP) * Shelter**77%**City dwellers outside slums; 23% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measured[UN-Habitat, 2022](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS?locations=KP) * Energy**22%**22% cook with clean fuels and technology; 61.4% have electricity [World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=KP) * Education**Not measured**Neither learning outcomes nor lower-secondary completion is published for North Korea[World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS?locations=KP) * Health**77**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~PRK) * Livelihood**Not measured**No poverty survey for North Korea is published by the World Bank[World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?locations=KP) 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](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-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](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for North Korea**Energy * ### Finance clean power and clean cooking at national scale. - **01****The challenge**78% Of people in the DPRK still cook without clean fuels. [World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=KP) - **02****The deal** - Sovereign green bond, proved in India, 2023: INR 16,000 cr in the first issuance. [Reserve Bank of India, 2023](https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=55004) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations 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 in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/#bp-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. Read more 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 Sinha**President 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. Read more 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. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Energy, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=North%20Korea) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=North%20Korea) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=North%20Korea) ### 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](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20North%20Korea&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20North%20Korea%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * 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 yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=north-korea&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=north-korea&topic=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](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/north-korea/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20North%20Korea&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) 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. [Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=north-korea) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/) 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.