The Eighth Great Empire of New Franshire is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Grand Dictator Fritz Vogel with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, prohibition of alcohol, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.606 billion New French Citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Paris. The average income tax rate is 76.0%.

The frighteningly efficient New French economy, worth 287 trillion croissants a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 178,905 croissants, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Jaywalking is punishable by public flogging, the most popular WhoTube videos are ones featuring parodies of iconic songs, homeowners on prime real estate have been seen dodging giant bulldozers with cartoon characters painted on them, and the police insist that racism does not exist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Franshire's national animal is the Twelve-Winged Gallic Rooster, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Great Religion of the Eiffel Tower.

New Franshire is ranked 112,213^th in the world and 57^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,958.45 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.