The Federal Republic of Novla is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.975 billion Novlans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bordella. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.9%.

The very strong Novlan economy, worth 137 trillion Vozas a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 69,540 Vozas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 261,362 per year while the poor average 12,916, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

A nation-wide cull of polar bears is in effect, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, Novla has designated Bordella as its capital city, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Novla in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Novla's national animal is the polar bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Novla is ranked 56,636^th in the world and 2^nd in The Celestial Citadel for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 4,494.91 on the Hickory Productivity Index.