The Flemish Rhyming Guide of Ravania Nova is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Prince Roderick I with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 33.234 billion Ravanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novatonia. The average income tax rate is 48.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ravanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,476 trillion Novas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 74,530 Novas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, when people ask what the difference is between politicians and lawyers they are referred to document c15(iv) section 14.1 subsection 3.2 of the Jan 2015 political category definition guidance codes, 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Ravanian Space Agency, and the police think a properly conducted criminal investigation is a real pain. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ravania Nova's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is The Order of the Black Raven.

Ravania Nova is ranked 11,653^rd in the world and 1^st in Flanders for Largest Black Market, with 419 trillion Standard Monetary Units.