The United Socialist States of New percuba is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 56 million New percubans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 37.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient New percuban economy, worth 2.01 trillion lire a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,823 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New percuba's national animal is the Snake , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New percuba is ranked 279,834^th in the world and 6,816^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -69.28 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.