The Republic of New New Zum is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 305 million New New Zumians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Zumia. The average income tax rate is 60.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse New New Zumian economy, worth 24.8 trillion Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,356 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, and the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New New Zum's national animal is the Okapi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New New Zum is ranked 56,532^nd in the world and 80^th in The Kodiak Republic for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,480.79 on the Gilded Widget Scale.