The Democratic Federal Republic of Novgonia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by the Premiers of the Republic with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.502 billion Novgonians 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 large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novgon. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Novgonian economy, worth 803 trillion Novgonian credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 146,105 Novgonian credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse, and visiting the best Novgonian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file. Crime is totally unknown. Novgonia's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Novgonia is ranked 4,488^th in the world and 21^st in The Social Liberal Union for Highest Food Quality, scoring 214.93 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.