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“God Save The Tsar!”

The Romanoffian Dynasty of Novare Res is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 12.375 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Defence and Law & Order are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Surveillance cameras are banned, the tenet of free speech is held dear, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, and the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novare Res's national animal is the Double Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ruble.

Novare Res is ranked 1240th in the region and 50,777th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.