The New Zandarian Colony of Newer Zander is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Alekzander Tosh with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.578 billion Zanderians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zander City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.5%.

The thriving Newer Zanderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,270 trillion Zanders 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, 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 an impressive 120,135 Zanders, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 461,018 per year while the poor average 21,583, a ratio of 21.4 to 1.

Motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories", aides are afraid to ask if Alekzander Tosh wants a cup of tea or coffee, and concussed Eagleball players cannot remember their lineup position. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newer Zander's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Newer Zander is ranked 314,952^nd in the world and 24^th in The Empires And Republics Of Power for Nicest Citizens, with 0.56 average smiles per day.