The People's Republic of Novo Petrusia is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 465 million Novo Petrusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 78.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Novo Petrusian economy, worth 34.6 trillion petris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 74,336 petris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Novo Petrusia City to enjoy their national art, only adults may purchase violent video games, when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", and billions are being spent on a new island airport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novo Petrusia's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Novo Petrusia is ranked 46,416^th in the world and 3,120^th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,917.67 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.