The Social Republic of Novella Islands is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Edmund Dell with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, anti-smoking policies, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 10.277 billion Novellans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novella City. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Novellan economy, worth a remarkable 1,979 trillion Novelles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 192,576 Novelles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework, the environment is gorgeous so long as you're looking up, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, and scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novella Islands's national animal is the Eternal Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Novella Islands is ranked 288,786^th in the world and 77^th in International Democratic Union for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -15.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.