The People's Republic of New Bruges is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by The Eternal Chairman with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed population of 841 million New Flemings have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nieuwe Brugge. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong New Fleming economy, worth 61.8 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Retail. Average income is 73,493 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, sex changes are routinely performed at New Bruges's hospitals, New Fleming farm salmon are known for being both horribly diseased and remarkably acrobatic, and spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Bruges's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Bruges is ranked 294,400^th in the world and 2^nd in Socialist Commune of European Nations for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 378.98 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.