The Kingdom of Neue Hoffnung is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Brian 'Ted' Werner with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and smutty television. The hard-nosed population of 4.164 billion Neue Hoffnungians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Headstone City. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Neue Hoffnungian economy, worth 451 trillion Eastern British Pound Sterlings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,326 Eastern British Pound Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Neue Hoffnungian Navy, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, and Neue Hoffnung's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neue Hoffnung's national animal is the Neue Hoffnungian Coconut Crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Anglican Church of Neue Hoffnung.

Neue Hoffnung is ranked 9,377^th in the world and 199^th in the Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 13,436.45 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.