The Community of Neighborhood is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Neighborhood Watch with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.187 billion Neighborhoodians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Neighborhood. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The very strong Neighborhoodian economy, worth 65.6 trillion alarks a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 55,299 alarks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 200,844 per year while the poor average 10,839, a ratio of 18.5 to 1.

Hundreds of teenagers die every year at the Neighborhoodian Hungry Games, street crime is on the rise as police officers spend most of their time in prisons, prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes, and 'Anarchy in Neighborhood!' is a popular TV program in foreign countries. Crime is a problem. Neighborhood's national animal is the Northern mockingbird, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Neighborhoodism.

Neighborhood is ranked 243,928^th in the world and 63^rd in New Republic Charter for Most Patriotic, with 6.55 flags saluted per person per day.