The Matriarch's District of New Falham is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Liard with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 41.456 billion Hamms are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.2%.

The all-consuming Hamm economy, worth a remarkable 3,035 trillion aurums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,219 aurums, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Elite teams of assassins have been sent into Brasilistan, 'Coloniser-in-Chief' has become Liard's new moniker, the nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight, and Liard is plotting to coup the Pacific (New Falham has found 1 easter egg). Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Falham's national animal is the bovina, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

New Falham is ranked 93,736^th in the world and 65^th in United States of America for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.66 law-abiding acts per hour.