The Citizen's Republic of New Islington is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Dylan Stark with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.529 billion Islingtonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hower City. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Islingtonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,469 trillion Florins a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 172,309 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, the government is spending millions on alternative clean-burning fuels, a little love goes a long way claim Islingtonian news, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Islington's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Factualism.

New Islington is ranked 2,482^nd in the world and 16^th in Europeia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 11,193.69 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.