The Commonwealth of New Frysland is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Eliza Olerink with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 1.53 billion New Fryslandians 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, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Frydlandsburg. The average income tax rate is 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Fryslandian economy, worth 177 trillion kromers 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 and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 115,848 kromers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Frysland's national animal is the iridiscent softbill, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Frysland is ranked 11,727^th in the world and 228^th in 10000 Islands for Smartest Citizens, with 84.83 quips per hour.