The United States of New Hempstead is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and digital currency. The hard-nosed population of 353 million New Hempsteadians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of DISTRICT-1. The average income tax rate is 33.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong New Hempsteadian economy, worth 30.9 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,458 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious bigotry and a fear of outsiders have replaced religious studies in schools, CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Hempstead's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Hempstead is ranked 77,970^th in the world and 163^rd in Sophia for Safest, scoring 91.25 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.