The Dominion of Nova Istroya is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, smutty television, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.345 billion Nova Istroyans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Nova Istroyan economy, worth 214 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,214 Imperial Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, being able to unblock a u-bend pipe is considered a universally essential skill, and the state-controlled media salutes those about to spy. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Istroya's national animal is the Argyrean Tobacco Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nova Istroya is ranked 274,519^th in the world and 7^th in Urcean Civilization for Most Secular, with 10.57 Atheism Rate.