The Bundesrepublik of New Provenance is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Deutsche Regierung with an even hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.063 billion New Provenants are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving New Provenant economy, worth 563 trillion Provenant marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,831 Provenant marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When people ask what the difference is between politicians and lawyers they are referred to document c15(iv) section 14.1 subsection 3.2 of the Jan 2015 political category definition guidance codes, military recruitment numbers are down as citizens object on 'moral grounds', diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, and the newest shade developed by New Provenance's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Provenance's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Protestantism.

New Provenance is ranked 33,448^th in the world and 55^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.89 law-abiding acts per hour.