The Federal Republics of Novikov is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Premier Waclaw Gružejow with a fair hand, and notable for its public floggings, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 11.273 billion Novikovians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poldisk. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Novikovian economy, worth a remarkable 2,281 trillion Kapeks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 202,350 Kapeks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown, and the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results. Crime is totally unknown. Novikov's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is the Novikovian Orthodox Church.

Novikov is ranked 3,655^th in the world and 1^st in Nova for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 96.88 Effective Tax Rate.