The Commonwealth of New Lakemba is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The Committee with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, smutty television, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 10.436 billion New Lakembans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Healthcare, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Canberra. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient New Lakemban economy, worth a remarkable 2,681 trillion New Lakembian Standard Kebabs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 256,908 New Lakembian Standard Kebabs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of New Lakemba's radio stations, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, and the reams of paperwork accompanying any electronic item are a recognised contributor to national deforestation. Crime is totally unknown. New Lakemba's national animal is the Animal Kingdom, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Lakemba is ranked 159,181^st in the world and 8,404^th in The North Pacific for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.37 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.