The Federal Republic of New Barbieland is a small, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning Horse population. The quiet, industrious population of 29 million Barbies are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 37.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The a Barbie economy, worth 957 billion b-bucks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,034 b-bucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, and kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Barbieland's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Barbieland is ranked 128,341^st in the world and 1,026^th in Europe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,499.4 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.