The Peoples Republic of New United Common-lands is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Jezza Corbyn with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.319 billion Commoners love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ascension City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Common-lands economy, worth a remarkable 1,726 trillion Common Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 273,169 Common Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Official Sermon-Free Zones are set-up around the nation's hotels, New United Common-lands's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, the ingredients list for most food products covers the entire surface of the packaging, and space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New United Common-lands's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Orthodox Yodlism.

New United Common-lands is ranked 301,838^th in the world and 314^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Fattest Citizens, with 0.99 Obesity Rate.