The United Socialist States of New England Republic is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Marvelle Meowell with an even hand, and remarkable for its fear of technology, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 815 million New Englanders are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 88.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse New England Republician economy, worth 75.4 trillion Nollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 92,458 Nollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, and older citizens lament over the loss of law and order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New England Republic's national animal is the American Shorthair Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New England Republic is ranked 14,963^rd in the world and 58^th in Starlight for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,072.05 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.