The Republic of NovaRain is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, anti-smoking policies, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 19.414 billion NovaRainians 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 medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Citadel. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient NovaRainian economy, worth a remarkable 9,174 trillion Novas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 472,590 Novas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", weight loss clubs that guarantee losing a stone a month are talking about misplacing rocks, interest in globalism never flags, and most ambassadors from NovaRain retire only a few years after being appointed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. NovaRain's national animal is the Kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

NovaRain is ranked 4,803^rd in the world and 110^th in the Pacific for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 10,335.5 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.