The Incorporated States of New Michag is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its digital currency, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 268 million Michiganders 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.2%.

The thriving New Michigandian economy, worth 19.7 trillion Soup Cans a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 73,678 Soup Cans, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 235,983 per year while the poor average 17,457, a ratio of 13.5 to 1.

The military has forsaken terrestrial warfare, the only Maxxmas gift frontline troops receive from officers is a bullet with the enemy's name on it, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and several inches are being added to first class seating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Michag's national animal is the M1 Abrams, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Michag is ranked 221,145^th in the world and 9,994^th in The North Pacific for Most Politically Free, scoring 2.14 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.