The Free Land of New Demer is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 511 million New Demerians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 39.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The New Demerian economy, worth 28.4 trillion Free Territory Labour Tickets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 55,567 Free Territory Labour Tickets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount New Demer City make great practice for foreign snipers. Crime is totally unknown. New Demer's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

New Demer is ranked 25,783^rd in the world and 4^th in Bloopsjooj for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 52.91 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.