The Republic of New Nanyang is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 139 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 60.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong New Nanyangian economy, worth 9.45 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 67,950 Nanyang dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, the military has gone fission for more funding, and the navy's new flotilla is gonna be a thrilla. 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 71,287^th in the world and 2,020^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 107.59 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.