The Colony of Novarium is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The democratic population of 7.073 billion Novarians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 26.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Novariumian economy, worth 244 trillion Dollars a year, is dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 34,533 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse, academics are questioning the quality of the nation's newly-reprinted science textbooks, political satirists and late night comedians weep as the government begins cleaning up its act, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novarium's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Novarium is ranked 196,106^th in the world and 1^st in Dudeland for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring zero on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.