The OrdosocialKomissarriat of New Kyuto is a huge, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 772 million Azurnailians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Kyuto. The average income tax rate is 26.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving New Kyutoan economy, worth 47.4 trillion Kyutomarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 61,403 Kyutomarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps, the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble, and lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Kyuto's national animal is the Eagle of the West, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

New Kyuto is ranked 277,331^st in the world and 8^th in The Democratic Assembly for Most Beautiful Environments, with 121.72 pounds of wildlife per square mile.