The Democratic Capitalist Empire of Nuvo is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Adi III with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 927 million Nuvoans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basend. The average income tax rate is 54.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nuvoan economy, worth 131 trillion Emeralds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 141,483 Emeralds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, many friends and relatives of Emperor Adi III have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, and Emperor Adi III spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nuvo's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nuvo is ranked 12,733^rd in the world and 32^nd in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Nicest Citizens, with 27.46 average smiles per day.