The Holy Empire of New Bedre is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The One Lord God with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, public floggings, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 1.09 billion New Bedreans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Midzenis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.2%.

The frighteningly efficient New Bedrean economy, worth 144 trillion Bedridden Euros a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 132,587 Bedridden Euros, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Companies are turning to trained common flying dragons for their most menial jobs, religious bigotry and a fear of outsiders have replaced religious studies in schools, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, and you need a signed affidavit from a registered psychiatrist to claim that you have crazy low prices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Bedre's national animal is the common flying dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

New Bedre is ranked 133,580^th in the world and 5,001^st in The North Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 1,136.55 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.