The Kingdom of New Basconia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Rey Felipe II with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed population of 4.665 billion Vascoes are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vitoria-Gasteiz. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Basconian economy, worth 629 trillion Binomoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 134,978 Binomoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign despots proudly bandstand on New Basconian airwaves, the parliament building has installed a revolving door, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, and the government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Basconia's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Atheist.

New Basconia is ranked 96,539^th in the world and 7^th in Liberty Democratic Alliance for Most Corrupt Governments, with 14.22 kickbacks per hour.