The Democratic Republic of La Isla Nueva is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President John Lycaon with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.156 billion Isla Nuevans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Estonteco. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Isla Nuevan economy, worth a remarkable 1,776 trillion Isla Nuevan pesos 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 146,132 Isla Nuevan pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, teach an angler how to phish and he can make a living, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. La Isla Nueva's national animal is the wild dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

La Isla Nueva is ranked 7,710^th in the world and 168^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 462.53 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.