The Citizen's Republic of New Islington is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Dylan Stark with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.487 billion Islingtonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hower City. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Islingtonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,430 trillion Florins a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 168,522 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying, doctors are learning that red tape makes ineffective bandages, and the richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Islington's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Factualism.

New Islington is ranked 306,880^th in the world and 1,437^th in Europeia for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring -25.34 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.