The 26 Districts of New Libraria is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by The Head with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.799 billion New Librarians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District A. The average income tax rate is 33.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Librarian economy, worth 546 trillion ahns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 94,227 ahns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The government's new priority is citizens' access to cat videos, on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons, fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, and picnickers are lucky if a few wasps are the only animals that trouble them. Crime is almost non-existent. New Libraria's national animal is the Apocalypse Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Libraria is ranked 31,979^th in the world and 231^st in Europeia for Most Developed, scoring 82.17 on the Human Development Index.