The United Socialist States of Nova Arcania is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Marshal Fallstar with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed population of 2.72 billion Nova Arcanians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Undermountain. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nova Arcanian economy, worth 425 trillion gps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 156,563 gps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids who move from attending a public school in the city to the country often struggle in goat milking class, the constant playing of Merry Birthday on Nova Arcanian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, and the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Arcania's national animal is the ankheg, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nova Arcania is ranked 13,663^rd in the world and 722^nd in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,227.94 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.