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The Dead and Retired Nation of New Portage is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Morgan Portash with an even hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.093 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pittsburgh. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Tourism.

The armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, drunk drivers are sentenced to death, the capital of New Portage has burned to the ground and caused riots throughout the country, and New Portage's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime is crippling. New Portage's national animal is the Penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Pittsburghesse , and its currency is the Rubel.

New Portage is ranked 2449th in the region and 53,773rd in the world for Most Godforsaken.