The Democratic City State of Nieuw Gent is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by the Council with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 9.858 billion Nieuwe Gentenaars enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nieuw Gent. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ne nieuwe gentenaar economy, worth a remarkable 1,442 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 146,351 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Refugees from other nations are flocking to Nieuw Gent's border, The Council is quite hard to get a hold of, one can wake up in Nieuw Gent and have breakfast in Bigtopia, and political spontaneity takes a lot of planning. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nieuw Gent's national animal is the Crowned Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nieuw Gent is ranked 315,024^th in the world and 1,533^rd in Europe for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring -25.3 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.