The Republic of Newooptik is a titanic, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 11.65 billion Newooptikians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 35.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Newooptikian economy, worth 78.5 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 6,740 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, surveillance cameras are banned, military spending recently hit a new high, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newooptik's national animal is the robot.

Newooptik is ranked 280,419^th in the world and 1^st in Durmengrad 66 for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.75 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.