The Democratic Republic of Union of Noovistian is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its national health service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.982 billion Noovistians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rosalia. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Noovistian economy, worth 131 trillion STUPID Coins a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,591 STUPID Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When their backs are against the walls Noovistians look out for gay men, there's no representation without taxation, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, and heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union of Noovistian's national animal is the weasel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union of Noovistian is ranked 60,171^st in the world and 1^st in STUPID for Most Extreme, scoring 28.33 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.