The Socialist Republic of New Europe Union is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Secretary Luxen Trotzdem with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 11.905 billion Europeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New East Berlin. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient European economy, worth a remarkable 1,640 trillion Arbeitums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 137,832 Arbeitums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Visiting the best European restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Europe Union's national animal is the Seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Europe Union is ranked 289,417^th in the world and 1,357^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -25.54 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.