The Federation of New Rustonia is a massive, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.692 billion New Rustonians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aran. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Rustonian economy, worth 165 trillion Shaws a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 97,892 Shaws, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems, kids learn to count without the numbers '0' or '1', 4-year-olds studying for their mathematics exams are anxious that they will be unemployable in adulthood if they fail, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Rustonia's national animal is the Bulldog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Rustonia is ranked 240,634^th in the world and 177^th in Aesica for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.