The Republic of National Capital Parks-East is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, prohibition of alcohol, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.658 billion National Capital Parks-Eastians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.9%.

The frighteningly efficient National Capital Parks-Eastian economy, worth 319 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,379 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Racehorses move a lot slower these days, research into 'designer babies' is banned, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, and parents are shocked to find out that having kids costs money. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. National Capital Parks-East's national animal is the NPS, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

National Capital Parks-East is ranked 267,796^th in the world and 4,690^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 39.73 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.