The Federal Republic of Neuchateau is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ulrich XIX Sigiboldide with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 883 million Neocastlians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hauterive. The average income tax rate is 87.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Neocastlian economy, worth 92.4 trillion Kreuzers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 104,617 Kreuzers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Neocastlians any less frightened, and the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neuchateau's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Neuchateau is ranked 103,981^st in the world and 635^th in Europe for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 1,528.04 on the Hickory Productivity Index.