The Matriarchy of New Bubastis is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its absence of drug laws, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 453 million New Bubastites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akset. The average income tax rate is 57.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The New Bubastian economy, worth 20.9 trillion talents a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 46,026 talents, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, Leader's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, and 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of New Bubastis's radio stations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Bubastis's national animal is the serval, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

New Bubastis is ranked 13,736^th in the world and 125^th in Europeia for Nicest Citizens, with 27.89 average smiles per day.