The Neko Empire of Novos Romanos is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 642 million Novos Romanosians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo Novum. The average income tax rate is 27.2%.

The all-consuming Novos Romanosian economy, worth 73.6 trillion Japanese Yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 114,610 Japanese Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Prison officers are bribed not to take bribes, whales in captivity live in little more than glorified goldfish bowls, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novos Romanos's national animal is the Mountain bear.

Novos Romanos is ranked 142,244^th in the world and 109^th in 21st Century Rome for Highest Crime Rates, with 2.52 Crimes Per Hour.