The Empire of NEW HIMALYA is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 358 million NEW HIMALYAians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 55.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving NEW HIMALYAian economy, worth 25.8 trillion Rangs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 71,992 Rangs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jail house rock has been replaced with jail house golden oldies, short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, and the sanitised and dull music festivals of NEW HIMALYA are famed for their reasonable volume levels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NEW HIMALYA's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NEW HIMALYA is ranked 75,440^th in the world and 252^nd in Carcassonne for Safest, scoring 92.17 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.