The United Socialist States of Neo Colorado is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Arkle Scribe with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, daily referendums, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 26.662 billion Neo Coloradoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stilwater. The income tax rate is 100%.

The enormous but inefficient Neo Coloradoan economy, worth a remarkable 2,656 trillion Deenihans a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 99,651 Deenihans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, the only thing slower than the economy is the exchange where it's managed, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, and Arkle Scribe's reputation is hard as nails. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neo Colorado's national animal is the Hippo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Neo Colorado is ranked 1,333^rd in the world and 68^th in The North Pacific for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 128.07 on the Kitten Softness Rating.