The Confederacy of New Palmdale is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by George Newman with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 4.638 billion New Palmdaleans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kramer. The average income tax rate is 10.4%.

The frighteningly efficient New Palmdalean economy, worth 998 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 215,251 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

It's been a banner year for local vexillology, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, and exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies". Crime is totally unknown. New Palmdale's national animal is the hippo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Wallyism.

New Palmdale is ranked 69,832^nd in the world and 50^th in Africa for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.03 law-abiding acts per hour.