The Colony of New Atlun is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 644 million New Atlunians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 30.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong New Atlunian economy, worth 47.8 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,208 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, selfie stick use is a required Scout badge, reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, and Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished. Crime is totally unknown. New Atlun's national animal is the Dragon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

New Atlun is ranked 136,664^th in the world and 2,003^rd in the Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 70.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.