The Burgeois Crowned Republic of The New True Cross is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, unlimited-speed roads, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 21.669 billion Burgoignacs enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Social Policy and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vilauristre. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New True Crossian economy, worth a remarkable 2,584 trillion Imperial Thalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,252 Imperial Thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, bins outnumber trees in city parks, and if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland. Crime is totally unknown. The New True Cross's national animal is the Albatroaz, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The New True Cross is ranked 55,194^th in the world and 13^th in Greater Ixnay for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.84 law-abiding acts per hour.