The United Socialist States of Nova Arcania is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Marshal Fallstar with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.408 billion Nova Arcanians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, corrupt 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 85.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nova Arcanian economy, worth 565 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 165,802 gps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

War criminals are given full state funerals, extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals, many friends and relatives of Marshal Fallstar have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, and bronze and marble supplies are running low as sculptors depict full-figured subjects. 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 frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nova Arcania is ranked 6,171^st in the world and 370^th in The North Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 181.58 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.