The Kingdom of Nova Betica is a huge, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-working, cynical population of 221 million Novobeticanos are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.3%.

The Novobeticano economy, worth 13.0 trillion Real Beticoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,645 Real Beticoes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 287,426 per year while the poor average 6,856, a ratio of 41.9 to 1.

Public parks are on the upswing, injured workers are encouraged to 'stitch themselves up with their bootstraps', late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards, and a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Betica's national animal is the Panthera Onca, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Nova Betica is ranked 280,364^th in the world and 1,332^nd in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -12.16 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.