The Peoples Republic of New United Common-lands is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Jezza Corbyn with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 13.693 billion Commoners 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 Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ascension City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Common-lands economy, worth a remarkable 4,245 trillion Common Pounds 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 310,042 Common Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, the number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New United Common-lands's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Common Yodlism.

New United Common-lands is ranked 354^th in the world and 2^nd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Developed, scoring 99.44 on the Human Development Index.