The Republic of Nova Hesse is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working population of 543 million Nova Hesseans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 12.9%.

The Nova Hessean economy, worth 26.8 trillion thalers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Average income is 49,288 thalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Millionaires are surprised to find they are eligible for government handouts, metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach, the government guarantees extra-soft tissues to fire-snorting elephants, and videogames like 'Equalia: Knights of Self-Confidence' are proving inexplicably unpopular. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Nova Hesse's national animal is the panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Nova Hesse is ranked 49,281^st in the world and 615^th in the Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,199.23 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.