The Autocratic Empire of New Franshire is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Grand Dictator Leopold Leswich with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.878 billion Frenchmen 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 84.2%.

The frighteningly efficient French economy, worth a remarkable 1,028 trillion Lebon Francs 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 an amazing 210,789 Lebon Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's Medal of Honour can be found as a free toy in breakfast cereal, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, the best defense is a good fence, and subscribing to the Benevolence Society for Impoverished Leaders is an effective way to dodge the draft. 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 Six-Winged Falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is removed.

New Franshire is ranked 12,573^rd in the world and 1^st in United Powers for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 8,849.41 on the Gilded Widget Scale.