The People's Republic of Novalie is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Buck with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.683 billion Novalies love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astria. The average income tax rate is 20.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Novaliean economy, worth 134 trillion Fragments a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,536 Fragments, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, and forgetting to pay your annual passport bill is a leading cause of deportations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Novalie's national animal is the Blue Glaucus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Her Lady Mozelle.

Novalie is ranked 232,379^th in the world and 12,528^th in Lazarus for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -5 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.