The Republic of Nova caxias is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 92 million Nova caxiasians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, with Defense, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The very strong Nova caxiasian economy, worth 5.44 trillion Reais a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 59,143 Reais, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,285 per year while the poor average 10,985, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, and the morbidly obese often sell stock options on their own corpses. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Nova caxias's national animal is the Macaco , which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Nova caxias is ranked 225,798^th in the world and 270^th in Wintreath for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 209.61 on the Gilded Widget Scale.