The Republic of New Nanyang is a very large, genial nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 115 million New Nanyangians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 57.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong New Nanyangian economy, worth 7.64 trillion Nanyang dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 66,459 Nanyang dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, a common response to government PSAs is "well, DUH, obviously", and possession of tomato seeds with intent to garden is a criminal offence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Nanyang's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

New Nanyang is ranked 65,550^th in the world and 1,500^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 21.51 flags saluted per person per day.