The Republic of New Ecquin is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Williamson with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.613 billion Ecquinians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ocoro. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ecquinian economy, worth 677 trillion ecquars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 146,805 ecquars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is lending a hand to private industry, bored politicians often entertain themselves with games of Simon during important votes, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, and criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Ecquin's national animal is the ostrich, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Ecquin is ranked 6,174^th in the world and 28^th in The Union of Democratic States for Safest, scoring 128.04 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.