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The Republic of Newit is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Nick with a fair hand, and remarkable for its triple-decker prams, compulsory military service, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 2.453 billion Newitians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nickin. The average income tax rate is 26.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Newitian economy, worth 421 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 171,630 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Newitian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about President Nick, suburban residents are told not to panic while hitchhikers swarm their neighborhoods, cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, and President Nick's preferred candidate has lost second place by three votes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newit's national animal is the bald eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Newit is ranked 78,295^th in the world and 10^th in Antarctica for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,000.92 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.