The Newland Republic of Suntropica is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Allan Danniel with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, fear of technology, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.62 billion Suntropicans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Suntropica City. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Suntropican economy, worth 149 trillion Newland Dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,075 Newland Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wearing a daisy chain is a fast-track ticket to unemployment, the government denies that it has an agency overseeing plausible deniability of black-ops agencies, 'Let's Get It On' has jumped to #1 on the billboard charts, and soldiers must key in their passwords every time they want to reload their weapons. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Suntropica's national animal is the Sunbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Newland Polytheism.

Suntropica is ranked 256,714^th in the world and 6^th in Dartropica for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -5.29 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.