The Ratus cives of Nueva Alta California is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Taarna Michelle Calafia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.177 billion High Californians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Welfare, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Los Ángeles. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Nova Californian economy, worth 445 trillion Zorkmids a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 72,193 Zorkmids, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, aides are afraid to ask if Taarna Michelle Calafia wants a cup of tea or coffee, and stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Nueva Alta California's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cosmology and Saganism.

Nueva Alta California is ranked 64,543^rd in the world and 791^st in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 72.65 on the Human Development Index.