The Commonwealth of New Braunfels is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 4.793 billion New Braunfelsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 34.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient New Braunfelsian economy, worth 129 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 27,078 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins, 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink, gigantic new prisons are springing up all over the nation, and families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Braunfels's national animal is the Kitsune.

New Braunfels is ranked 126,715^th in the world and 1^st in The Ostblock for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.