The Theocracy of Nova Nera is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, triple-decker prams, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 12.496 billion Nova Neri live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Nera. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Nova Neri economy, worth a remarkable 5,796 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 463,841 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air, Air Nova Nera is rumored to receive more government funding than the Nova Neri Air Force, and citizens know never to accept cookies from strangers. Crime is totally unknown. Nova Nera's national animal is the rainbow fish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Nerianic Christianity.

Nova Nera is ranked 2,636^th in the world and 75^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 98.15 Effective Tax Rate.