The Federal Republic of Novaska is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 103 million Novaskans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.3%.

The all-consuming Novaskan economy, worth 10.1 trillion Novaskan Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Retail. Average income is 97,962 Novaskan Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 534,557 per year while the poor average 9,195, a ratio of 58.1 to 1.

Playing an online nation simulation game legally obliges you to buy the creator's latest novel, charity workers dole out hardtack from behind designer sunglasses, Leader consults the market before choosing breakfast, and the invisible hand of the market wipes babies' bottoms. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Novaska's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Novaska is ranked 161,731^st in the world and 2,516^th in The North Pacific for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,087.61 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.