The Grand Empire of New Goldman is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Harry Norton II with a fair hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.227 billion Goldmanians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varyag. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Goldmanian economy, worth 154 trillion Goldman Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 126,203 Goldman Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Economic output is rising as the chronically depressed are persuaded not to burden society, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, bike rage is all the rage, and voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Goldman's national animal is the Bison, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is The Cult of Norton.

New Goldman is ranked 45,028^th in the world and 1,467^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,346.99 on the Societal Mobility Rating.