The Citizen's Republic of New Islington is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Dylan Stark with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, ban on automobiles, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.709 billion Islingtonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hower City. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Islingtonian economy, worth 529 trillion Florins a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,792 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Toy versions of heroin paraphernalia let kids pretend to be their favourite TV characters, teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, interest in globalism never flags, and 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Islingtonian Space Agency. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Islington's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Folk Religion.

New Islington is ranked 4,969^th in the world and 50^th in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 60.27 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.