The United Socialist States of Eden Novae is a huge, genial nation, notable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 604 million Eden Novaeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unity. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Eden Novaean economy, worth 40.0 trillion digicredits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 66,162 digicredits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, snooze factory is now prison lingo for rehabilitation center, offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield, and there's nothing special about Leader. Crime is totally unknown. Eden Novae's national animal is the white griffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Eden Novae is ranked 15,122^nd in the world and 430^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 26.36 average smiles per day.