The Republic of Old World is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 3.868 billion Old Worldians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Appalachia. The average income tax rate is 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Old Worldian economy, worth 357 trillion Silver Penningars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 92,374 Silver Penningars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, citizens tint their front windows to avoid starring in the 'TV Detector Patrol Unit' documentary, and foreign nationals are widely distrusted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old World's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Heathen.

Old World is ranked 180,034^th in the world and 1^st in Iberian Peninsula for Safest, scoring 54.68 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.