The InterStel Fairy Hunter Union of New Scarlet is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, soft-spoken computers, and smutty television. The democratic population of 11.397 billion Haloans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scioana. The average income tax rate is 78.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient New Scarletian economy, worth 616 trillion Scarletias 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 led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 54,088 Scarletias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Refugees from other nations are flocking to New Scarlet's border, even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, one does not simply walk into the tundra, and the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Scarlet's national animal is the Fairy Hunter Pet, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

New Scarlet is ranked 233,948^th in the world and 1^st in Democratic Revolution for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.89 kickbacks per hour.