The Federal Republic of Novalavia is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Ferdinand Josepskaski with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 887 million Novalavians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avaria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.8%.

The powerhouse Novalavian economy, worth 104 trillion Novalavian Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 117,975 Novalavian Credits, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Picnickers are lucky if a few wasps are the only animals that trouble them, it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies", and Ferdinand Josepskaski has just been declared ruler of Novalavia in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novalavia's national animal is the Caracal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Novalavia is ranked 75,229^th in the world and 40^th in The Free Nations Region for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 7.35 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.