The Colony of New Bulgoria is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 508 million Bulgoris 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 enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kazinkistan. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The New Bulgorian economy, worth 27.4 trillion Culers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 53,962 Culers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign invaders are putting New Bulgorian lab rats out of a job, education is transforming people into first-rate snobs, murderers with law degrees can be seen swinging the gavel in courts, and geosynchronous satellites are now manned by unpaid interns. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Bulgoria's national animal is the Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Bulgoria is ranked 16,964^th in the world and 295^th in the Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 3,497.08 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.