The Reformed State of Nova Hrodsk is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Marshal Laran Jersvotif with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 14.004 billion Hrodskians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lesrenitsa. The average income tax rate is 83.9%.

The powerhouse Nova Hrodskian economy, worth a remarkable 1,565 trillion Žjamts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 111,763 Žjamts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The banhammer is a standard police sidearm, just as students finish their homework it's time for school, tourists call Nova Hrodskian beach towns "the fine coastline", and Marshal Laran Jersvotif claims to be the epitome of family values. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Hrodsk's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Rukamara according to Hrodskian Rites.

Nova Hrodsk is ranked 134,798^th in the world and 3^rd in Montealba for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,593.56 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.