The Imperial Democratic States of Newam is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by King Kakoni with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 6.603 billion Newamians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pearl city. The average income tax rate is 89.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Newamian economy, worth 970 trillion Bit Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 146,947 Bit Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Divorce is illegal, a murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career, manual labourers must be willing to have cybernetic limbs to get a job, and street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newam's national animal is the Parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Word Of God.

Newam is ranked 219,468^th in the world and 8,251^st in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -352.62 on the Scary Big Number Scale.