The Community of Nova Acadia is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Mitzi Gerowitz with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 5.325 billion Acadiaks are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cascadia. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Acadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,146 trillion YS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 215,241 YS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, and the government defends a woman's right to choose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Acadia's national animal is the Acadian Seal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sealism.

Nova Acadia is ranked 1,515^th in the world and 1^st in Kelios for Nicest Citizens, with 78.17 average smiles per day.