The United Socialist States of New Veggietown is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.151 billion New Veggietownians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant New Veggietownian economy, worth 17.1 trillion Seeds 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 14,842 Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Veggietown's national animal is the Plants, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Veggietown is ranked 263,034^th in the world and 24^th in Dispatchia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.43 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.