The Republic of New Athya is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 608 million Athyans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alosha. The average income tax rate is 35.8%.

The powerhouse New Athyan economy, worth 52.3 trillion Federal Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 85,990 Federal Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes, there's a politician called Male Infant MacIntyre, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, and garbage bags floating down the river are churned up by man-made rapids. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Athya's national animal is the leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

New Athya is ranked 192,811^th in the world and 1,411^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 47.01 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.