The Kingdom of New Donk is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 306 million New Donkians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Donk City. The average income tax rate is 40.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The New Donkian economy, worth 15.9 trillion Mario Coins And Purple Coins 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Retail, Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 52,064 Mario Coins And Purple Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Large areas of New Donk are not accessible by the public, Leader's relatives have been married into the royal families of foreign nations against their will, a government program is underway to revitalize New Donk's beaches, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Donk's national animal is the Koppa Troppas, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Donk is ranked 104,724^th in the world and 21^st in Ensio for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.41 law-abiding acts per hour.