The Plethopartite Gospodardom of Independent State of Novgorod is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Princess Padinoga with an even hand, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, museums and concert halls, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 7.7 billion Giradeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lado. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Giradean economy, worth 861 trillion Roubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 111,933 Roubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, soldiers find that home gadgets and power tools are more effective as improvised weapons than the guns they've been issued, and government ministers are regularly seen in the streets confessing their sins and hammering missiles into plow-shares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Independent State of Novgorod's national animal is the Head-first Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pravovera.

Independent State of Novgorod is ranked 14,112^th in the world and 23^rd in Anteria for Highest Food Quality, scoring 138.84 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.