The Global Network of NYU is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Tonsex J with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.472 billion Violets love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington Square. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Violet economy, worth a remarkable 1,148 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,714 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, the new hit series "NYU's Got Trauma" has corporate executives fleeing the country, and diaper ads feature vertically-challenged adults wearing bootees. Crime is totally unknown. NYU's national animal is the bobcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

NYU is ranked 25,073^rd in the world and 15^th in Union of Allied Planets for Largest Populations, with 16.5 billion capita.