The Federation of New Gehenna is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Frost Carbon with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, aversion to nipples, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.848 billion New Gehennans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sajuuk. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong New Gehennan economy, worth 584 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 120,484 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", and new arrivals are asked the location of the Minister of the Interior's birthmark. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Gehenna's national animal is the Spinosaurus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Gehenna is ranked 23,073^rd in the world and 746^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 52.44 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.