The Union Republic of Arcturus Novus is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Tertius Quirinus Maro with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, state-planned economy, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 31.003 billion Arcturans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government prioritizes Education, with Social Policy, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veri. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcturan economy, worth a remarkable 6,730 trillion aurs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 217,107 aurs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arcturan watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, exterminators swarm Arcturan homes, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, and the Arcturan government is the world's largest NGO. Crime is totally unknown. Arcturus Novus's national animal is the Arcturan valehound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Arcturan Orthodoxy.

Arcturus Novus is ranked 288,703^rd in the world and 378^th in The Communist Bloc for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.29 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.