The Republic of Nova Cornelia is a tiny, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 14 million Nova Cornelians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The very strong Nova Cornelian economy, worth 1.06 trillion lire a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 75,690 lire, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Nova Cornelia's national animal is the horse, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Nova Cornelia is ranked 283,283^rd in the world and 232^nd in Kelios for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -3.16 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.