The Network of Newts is a titanic, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 14.847 billion Newts 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Newt economy, worth 235 trillion Mutual Aids a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 15,850 Mutual Aids, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newts's national animal is the Slug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Newts is ranked 224,517^th in the world and 1^st in Tel Aviv for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 310.47 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.