The Confederacy of Novian Republics is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Ishimoto with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, prohibition of alcohol, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.952 billion Novians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sekyo. The average income tax rate is 83.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Novian economy, worth a remarkable 1,859 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,677 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chancellor Ishimoto's new political program is often mockingly called 'Capitalism with a Bigtopian face', there's nothing more rock-and-roll than absolute sobriety, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, and light entertainment isn't dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novian Republics's national animal is the eagle-owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Novian Republics is ranked 24,025^th in the world and 84^th in Forest for Largest Populations, with 17.0 billion capita.