The United States of The New Oceanic States is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 242 million New Oceanic Statesians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 32.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Oceanic Statesian economy, worth 18.6 trillion Oceanic dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is 76,921 Oceanic dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom, panels from bankrupt rooftop solar companies are used as props for sci-fi B-movies, parents often ask to see a credit report before lending money to their own children, and the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape. Crime is totally unknown. The New Oceanic States's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The New Oceanic States is ranked 133,151^st in the world and 3,741^st in The North Pacific for Safest, scoring 67.09 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.