The Republic of New Collands is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 10 million New Collandsians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The very strong New Collandsian economy, worth 744 billion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 74,416 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. New Collands's national animal is the lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

New Collands is ranked 43,513^th in the world and 105^th in Horizon for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,112.81 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.