The Bundesrepublik of New Provenance is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The Deutsche Regierung with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.202 billion New Provenants are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving New Provenant economy, worth 544 trillion Provenant marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,568 Provenant marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When people ask what the difference is between politicians and lawyers they are referred to document c15(iv) section 14.1 subsection 3.2 of the Jan 2015 political category definition guidance codes, military recruitment numbers are down as citizens object on 'moral grounds', diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, and the newest shade developed by New Provenance's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Provenance's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Protestantism.

New Provenance is ranked 17,745^th in the world and 28^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.