The Democratic States of New Gamblers High is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 68 million New Gamblers Highians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish New Gamblers Highian economy, worth 1.76 trillion buttons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 25,813 buttons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, all recreational drugs are legal, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Gamblers High's national animal is the lepercon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Gamblers High is ranked 109,912^th in the world and 34^th in Der Leibwache for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,026.93 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.