The Kingdom of New Basconia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Rey Felipe II with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 4.575 billion Vascoes are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vitoria-Gasteiz. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Basconian economy, worth 615 trillion Binomoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 134,546 Binomoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Binoculars sales are at an all-time high, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, main battle tanks stalk the woods of New Basconia in search of penguins, and fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Basconia's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Atheist.

New Basconia is ranked 253,430^th in the world and 17^th in Liberty Democratic Alliance for Nicest Citizens, with 1.06 average smiles per day.