The United Federation of Nova Catania is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Colin Morgan with an even hand, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, compulsory military service, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.665 billion Catanians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riverton City. The average income tax rate is 47.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Catanian economy, worth 225 trillion Traders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,550 Traders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, commuter vessels have trouble staying afloat due to increased passengers, and shaken martini sales have soared in nations surrounding Nova Catania. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Catania's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nova Catania is ranked 35,119^th in the world and 1^st in The United Alliance of Nations for Best Weather, with 126 meters of sunlight.