The Socialist Federal Republic of Nouvelle-Louisbourg is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Orbitál with a fair hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.649 billion Louisbourgians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Léogré. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Nouvelle-Louisbourgian economy, worth a remarkable 1,059 trillion SFRNL francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 187,613 SFRNL francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, and prison visits increase substantially during election years. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nouvelle-Louisbourg's national animal is the golden eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Nouvelle-Louisbourg is ranked 16,868^th in the world and 47^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Armed, with 8.64 weapons per person.