The Armed Republic of New Caman is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 126 million New Camanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 68.6%.

The New Camanian economy, worth 5.86 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,506 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner, and fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Caman's national animal is the whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

New Caman is ranked 233,345^th in the world and 2,867^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -4.69 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.