The Democratic Republic of The Novniony is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 223 million Novnionyians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 23.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Novnionyian economy, worth 12.4 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,445 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Skateparks can be found in every city, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners, and signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Novniony's national animal is the crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Novniony is ranked 233,380^th in the world and 2,910^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -4.68 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.