The Republic of New Rlyeh is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Imperious Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 25.032 billion Squid Lovers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 6.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Citizen-Warrior of New Rlyeh economy, worth a remarkable 3,233 trillion DONG a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 129,167 DONG, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and the New Rlyeh Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. New Rlyeh's national animal is the Star-Spawn of Cthulhu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Rlyeh is ranked 193,774^th in the world and 253^rd in The Black Hawks for Safest, scoring 46.14 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.