The Queendom of Nova Ketsu is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical population of 555 million Novakians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nobaseuta. The average income tax rate is 54.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Novakian economy, worth 38.2 trillion Omanis a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 68,777 Omanis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, editorials that criticize the government are legally obligated to display the "pants on fire" warning, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', and police conduct weekly raids looking for contraband cheeseburgers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Ketsu's national animal is the red panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nova Ketsu is ranked 182,138^th in the world and 1^st in New Accenso for Largest Black Market, with 664 billion Standard Monetary Units.