The United Socialist States of Nova-Tero is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 20 million Nova-Teroans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Nova-Teroan economy, worth 417 billion Dinaroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 20,873 Dinaroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The right to counsel goes both ways, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, the WhoTube comments section has gone strangely quiet, and no one gossips with Leader during diplomatic summits. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova-Tero's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nova-Tero is ranked 177,573^rd in the world and 386^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,051.65 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.