The Parallax of New Kowloon Bay is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by The New Emperor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, digital currency, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.969 billion Kowloonis are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greater Metropolis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Kowlooni economy, worth a remarkable 8,661 trillion Qians a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 723,674 Qians, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Pranking is an art form, state media features lively debates such as whether pineapple on pizza is an acceptable topping, it's considered bigoted to assume that a violent psychopath might be dangerous, and the government is proudly free of crabs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Kowloon Bay's national animal is the Windhover, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

New Kowloon Bay is ranked 10,552^nd in the world and 43^rd in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,776.73 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.