The Principality of Nova Mediolanum is a large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic, devout population of 56 million Nova Mediolanumians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 46.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Nova Mediolanumian economy, worth 2.48 trillion Lire 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 44,318 Lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Mediolanum's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Nova Mediolanum is ranked 126,827^th in the world and 1^st in Praeterea for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,519.06 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.