The Serene Commonwealth of New Bubastis is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Meredith Bastet with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.712 billion New Bubastites hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Primp Town. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Bubastian economy, worth 739 trillion talents a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 129,429 talents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

T-shirts displaying a photo of Meredith Bastet performing the Full-Monty are selling out, artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, and New Bubastis Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere'. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. New Bubastis's national animal is the serval, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Kemetism.

New Bubastis is ranked 1,209^th in the world and 1^st in RGBN for Nicest Citizens, with 84.88 average smiles per day.