The Free Land of NewDayRising is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Reech with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 2.227 billion MouldyHarts are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Minneapolis. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NewDayRisingian economy, worth 222 trillion Huskers 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 100,130 Huskers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government maintains a Department of Skulduggery, parking's carefree without parking car fees, over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes, and the police think a properly conducted criminal investigation is a real pain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NewDayRising's national animal is the GutterSnipe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Don't Be An Asshole.

NewDayRising is ranked 4,307^th in the world and 129^th in the South Pacific for Most Pacifist, with 156.75 cheeks turned per day.