The Democratic Republic of New West Rektland is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 11.838 billion New West Rektlandians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped New West Rektlandian economy, worth 416 trillion coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 35,143 coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Helicopter parenting is on the rise, increasing numbers of children in New West Rektland have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, and homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New West Rektland's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

New West Rektland is ranked 52,301^st in the world and 1^st in Norden for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.54 law-abiding acts per hour.