The Novian democratic republic of Zarnicovia nova is a massive, genial nation, ruled by zarnicov the VI with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 1.555 billion Zarnicovia novaians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zarnicoa. The average income tax rate is 87.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zarnicovia novan economy, worth 177 trillion zarnicovs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,245 zarnicovs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political candidates recite daily pledges of loyalty to their chosen party, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, and prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zarnicovia nova's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is zarnicovianism.

Zarnicovia nova is ranked 10,738^th in the world and 1^st in novia for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,494.28 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.