The Federal Republic of Nova Albaian is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 116 million Nova Albaianians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Nova Albaianian economy, worth 4.11 trillion Pecunias 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 35,421 Pecunias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid, and scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Albaian's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nova Albaian is ranked 70,787^th in the world and 1,486^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,070.25 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.