The Federal Union of Novo New York is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Matthew Smithson with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.686 billion Novo New Yorkers enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Columbia City. The average income tax rate is 81.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Novo New Yorkian economy, worth a remarkable 1,898 trillion Semicolons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 177,619 Semicolons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, and people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novo New York's national animal is the grizzly bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Novo New York is ranked 8,530^th in the world and 2^nd in Pulseland for Lowest Crime Rates, with 104.19 law-abiding acts per hour.