The United Socialist States of New Clwyd is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its digital currency, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 95 million New Clwydians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The New Clwydian economy, worth 5.32 trillion Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is 55,955 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The New Clwydian delegation to the World Assembly is having a hard time convincing people that international law will "pay for itself somehow...", candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility, bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms, and the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Clwyd's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Clwyd is ranked 117,938^th in the world and 220^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,776.8 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.