The Commonwealth of NewLakotah is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 25.29 billion Lakotah enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Omaha. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Lakotah economy, worth a remarkable 1,598 trillion dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. 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 63,190 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work, citizens are required to report any and all incidents of prayer to their local Religious Affairs Officer, Leader's relatives have been married into the royal families of foreign nations against their will, and all fantasy fiction has officially been deemed non-canon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NewLakotah's national animal is the Buffalo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NewLakotah is ranked 95,244^th in the world and 870^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 100.93 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.