The Rogue Nation of New Ourooth is a large, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 88 million New Ouroothians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish New Ouroothian economy, worth 2.07 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. Average income is 23,483 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists, religion is strictly forbidden within school grounds, immigrants don't even have to immigrate to cost the locals their jobs, and schoolchildren are arrested for possessing sidewalk chalk without a permit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Ourooth's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

New Ourooth is ranked 44,274^th in the world and 1^st in The timeout corner for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.