The Perfect Nation of Newer Gehenna is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Doctor Sigmundus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 28.389 billion Newer Gehennans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tarnagar. The average income tax rate is 88.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Gehennian economy, worth an astonishing 14,735 trillion Creds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 519,059 Creds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The tax department is having withdrawal symptoms, jackboots have given the boot to the nobility, libraries are refusing to stock A Midsummer Night's Dream because it has an ass in it, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newer Gehenna's national animal is the Puca, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Teachings of Doctor Sigmundus.

Newer Gehenna is ranked 290,861^st in the world and 4,138^th in the Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 0.89 pounds of wildlife per square mile.