The Olde Red Republic of Neu California is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Yuyu Shirai with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 13.754 billion Neu Californians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Los Angeles. The income tax rate is 100%.

The enormous but sluggish Neu Californian economy, worth a remarkable 1,120 trillion Californias a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,446 Californias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Neu California as a reminder of their "special relationship", drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, evasive politicians don't fail to strongly commit to not committing to a course of non-inaction, and the Neu Californian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neu California's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Neu California is ranked 1,506^th in the world and 1^st in Land of LGBT for Lowest Crime Rates, with 153.94 law-abiding acts per hour.