The Most Serene Republic of Nouveau Strasbourg is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Protector Alexandre Chevalier with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.63 billion Nouveau Strasbourgians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grand Clemont. The average income tax rate is 40.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Nouveau Strasbourgian economy, worth 344 trillion Nouveau Strasbourgian Francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 130,799 Nouveau Strasbourgian Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Most barbers are also surgeons, third world countries are rich in "I Love Grand Clemont" t-shirts, the police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee, and a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nouveau Strasbourg's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Nouveau Strasbourg is ranked 49,846^th in the world and 2^nd in Badonian Confederation for Most Beautiful Environments, with 670.83 pounds of wildlife per square mile.