The Imperial Backyards of The New South Hardwick is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Niele Hardwicks-Pastilli with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, strictly enforced bedtime, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 2.043 billion New South Hardwickians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ylöjärvi. The average income tax rate is 67.4%.

The frighteningly efficient New South Hardwickian economy, worth 298 trillion markkaa a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 145,895 markkaa, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Expats return home to a government devoid of social and environmental agencies, there's a mortuary next to every New South Hardwickian restaurant, the fastest growing demographic of porn viewership is twelve to seventeen, and children grow up believing the sun to be a myth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The New South Hardwick's national animal is the beer bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Calvin Robinsonism.

The New South Hardwick is ranked 29,110^th in the world and 24^th in United Kingdom for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 7,495.49 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.