The United States of New Era state is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by His Excellence Single D Superior with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.778 billion New Era stateans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paradise city. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Era statean economy, worth 548 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 145,172 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Farmers in arid regions are puzzled with government directions to plant rice this year, the acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community, rare steaks seem even bluer now, and prison officers are bribed not to take bribes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Era state's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

New Era state is ranked 28,083^rd in the world and 19^th in Aesica for Highest Average Incomes, with 145,172.66 Standard Monetary Units.