The Most Serene Republic of New San Antonio is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 3.441 billion New San Antonioans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Welfare, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 58.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped New San Antonioan economy, worth 98.2 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,541 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Street preachers spend more time condemning government bureaucracy than passers-by, parole board directors light up a joint before telling hash-brownie baking grannies that they have to stay behind bars, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New San Antonio's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New San Antonio is ranked 37,727^th in the world and 99^th in The League for Most Beautiful Environments, with 763.16 pounds of wildlife per square mile.