The Holy Empire of New Sanghelios is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 220 million Sangheilis are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong New Sangheliosian economy, worth 17.6 trillion Craigs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,059 Craigs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban, the government is spending billions of taxpayer Craigs to support "struggling" industries, and sleazy politicians exploit the Parliamentary Code of Conduct to purge their rivals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Sanghelios's national animal is the Unggoy, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Sanghelios is ranked 91,142^nd in the world and 51^st in Bozarkia for Most Patriotic, with 17.81 flags saluted per person per day.