The Federal Republic of The Five Boroughs of NYC is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Eric Adams with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 893 million New Yorkers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New York City. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse New Yorkian economy, worth 75.7 trillion US Dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,776 US Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and almost all products in The Five Boroughs of NYC are hand-crafted due to strict employment laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Five Boroughs of NYC's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Five Boroughs of NYC is ranked 8,514^th in the world and 7^th in United States of America for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 56.53 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.