The Union Republic of Arcturus Novus is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Tertius Quirinus Maro with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 31.396 billion Arcturans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government prioritizes Education, with Social Policy, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veri. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcturan economy, worth a remarkable 6,902 trillion aurs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 219,846 aurs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dictators have dubbed Arcturus Novus the land of lunatics, residents are readily ratting out rats in restaurants, the most recent election was a close race between Tertius Quirinus Maro and Tertius Quirinus Maro, and the threat of economic apocalypse brings out the best in people. Crime is totally unknown. Arcturus Novus's national animal is the Arcturan valehound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Arcturan Orthodoxy.

Arcturus Novus is ranked 5,242^nd in the world and 10^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Populations, with 31.4 billion capita.