The Democratic City State of Nieuw Gent is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, soft-spoken computers, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.646 billion Nieuwe Gentenaars enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nieuw Gent. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ne nieuwe gentenaar economy, worth a remarkable 1,248 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 144,397 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's new priority is citizens' access to cat videos, hospitals in Nieuw Gent are too busy serving the needs of Europe to see Nieuwe Gentenaars, the nation leads Europe in per capita stalking, and artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nieuw Gent's national animal is the Crowned Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nieuw Gent is ranked 27,671^st in the world and 287^th in Europe for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,967.03 on the Gilded Widget Scale.