The United Socialist States of New Garlicia is a small, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 40 million New Garlicians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 53.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case New Garlician economy, worth 402 billion Garlician Lyrikis 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 10,074 Garlician Lyrikis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, women mime their gynaecological symptoms with hand-puppets, the nation's government buildings are remarkable for being ugly concrete boxes, and the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Garlicia's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Garlicia is ranked 230,873^rd in the world and 5,004^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.