The Great Federated Territories of Newland City is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Sebastian Paye with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, smutty television, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.547 billion Newlandians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Newland City. The average income tax rate is 37.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Newlandian economy, worth 719 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 202,923 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Police escort anti-abortion activists to free speech cages if they try to express their views, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, and the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction. Crime is totally unknown. Newland City's national animal is the Diogenian falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Newland City is ranked 106,191^st in the world and 7^th in Roman Empire for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 4.68 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.