The Armed Republic of Notrus is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Astre with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.326 billion Notrusians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novus. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Notrusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,214 trillion Scrores a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 280,825 Scrores, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government employees from Notrus dominate international lumberjack competitions, public shaming has become the favoured form of punishment, the cold war against capitalism is growing chillier by the day, and keeping the lights on keeps the lights on for increasing amounts of Notrusians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Notrus's national animal is the Chericic, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Notrus.

Notrus is ranked 8,384^th in the world and 2^nd in Confederation of Arcanial Nations for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 6,221.81 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.