The Republic of Nouvelle-Floride is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Louis Barrande with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 945 million Florideans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint-Barthélemy. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Nouvelle-Floridean economy, worth 132 trillion francs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an impressive 140,051 francs, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 765,477 per year while the poor average 13,099, a ratio of 58.4 to 1.

Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, no one tells their son "you're the man of the house" any more, wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, and there's a lot of hot air coming from the Capitol Building. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Nouvelle-Floride's national animal is the Flamingo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nouvelle-Floride is ranked 15,912^th in the world and 737^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 140,051.52 Standard Monetary Units.