The Technocracy of Nocturus Terra is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Alexander Newton VI with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.248 billion Terrans 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.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rikis III. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Nocturus Terran economy, worth 424 trillion Pentoses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 130,739 Pentoses, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

At least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Alexander Newton VI's wardrobe, protests are legal but strictly supervised, glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, and the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nocturus Terra's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nocturus Terra is ranked 131,193^rd in the world and 2,187^th in the West Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,886.36 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.