The Also Sheep Loving Nation of New Kiwi Repupirikana is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Joe Mackson with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.678 billion Kiwis are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wellington. The average income tax rate is 56.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse New Kiwi Repupirikanan economy, worth 170 trillion Kiwi Bucks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,505 Kiwi Bucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, panels from bankrupt rooftop solar companies are used as props for sci-fi B-movies, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Kiwi Repupirikana's national animal is the Kiwi and Arapawa Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Kiwi Repupirikana is ranked 39,731^st in the world and 899^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 178.53 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.