The Republic of New Yorklandania is a large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 74 million New Yorklandanians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 9.0%.

The New Yorklandanian economy, worth 4.29 trillion Yorlands a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 57,984 Yorlands, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, what's in your genes matters more than what's in your jeans, the police force is on a recruitment drive, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Yorklandania's national animal is the Shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

New Yorklandania is ranked 179,514^th in the world and 844^th in Europeia for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.