The Union Republic of Arcturus Novus is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Tertius Quirinus Maro with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 31.433 billion Arcturans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Social Policy, Environment, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veri. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcturan economy, worth a remarkable 6,920 trillion aurs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 220,160 aurs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The threat of economic apocalypse brings out the best in people, graffiti is done with immaculate multi-layer shading, resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands, and members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods. Crime is totally unknown. Arcturus Novus's national animal is the Arcturan valehound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Arcturan Orthodoxy.

Arcturus Novus is ranked 734^th in the world and 26^th in The Communist Bloc for Nicest Citizens, with 100.35 average smiles per day.