The Cīvitās of From New World is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Imperator Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, unlimited-speed roads, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.873 billion Cīvī are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Roma. The average income tax rate is 88.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cīvem economy, worth a remarkable 4,335 trillion Sestertiuses 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 significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 336,822 Sestertiuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, cruise ships arrive in their dozens to watch cruise missile tests, political candidates recite daily pledges of loyalty to their chosen party, and people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. From New World's national animal is the toad, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Moha.

From New World is ranked 1,953^rd in the world and 5^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Lowest Crime Rates, with 142.17 law-abiding acts per hour.