The People's Republic of Novalie is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Buck with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.637 billion Novalies love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astria. The average income tax rate is 21.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Novaliean economy, worth 130 trillion Fragments a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,954 Fragments, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes, the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Novalie's national animal is the Blue Glaucus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Her Lady Mozelle.

Novalie is ranked 213,469^th in the world and 11,311^th in Lazarus for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,342.04 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.