The Sultanate of New Katmandu is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 489 million New Katmanduans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government is dominated by the Department of Spirituality, with Defense and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Industry and Environment receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.1%.

The very strong New Katmanduan economy, worth 31.7 trillion Rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is 64,793 Rupees, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 197,929 per year while the poor average 16,440, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. New Katmandu's national animal is the Chapuchin monkey, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

New Katmandu is ranked 17,659^th in the world and 627^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,456.74 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.