The Empire of New Engleland is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 187 million New Englelandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped New Englelandian economy, worth 7.69 trillion Pounds 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 41,102 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nudity is frowned upon, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, the government funds large training centres to turn European Sparrowhawks into functioning members of society, and first-time moms are expected to be experienced parents from day one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Engleland's national animal is the European Sparrowhawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Engleland is ranked 242,520^th in the world and 7^th in Union of Sociopaths for Least Corrupt Governments, with 66.87 percentage of bribes refused.