The Free Land of Novo Terres is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Chief Minister Maxim Baskov with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.788 billion Novo Terresians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sparrowland. The average income tax rate is 13.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Novo Terresian economy, worth a remarkable 1,363 trillion drachmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 200,856 drachmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, and academics have a bone to pick with free market entrepreneurs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novo Terres's national animal is the sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Novo Terres is ranked 2,299^th in the world and 1^st in Darnall Hall for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 174,142.82 Standard Monetary Units.