The Republic of Nova Luma is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Kasane Teto with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.13 billion Novians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luma City. The average income tax rate is 83.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Novian economy, worth 98.8 trillion Blåhajs 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 led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Cheese Exports. Average income is 46,394 Blåhajs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Army doctors who come under attack defend themselves by using stethoscopes like nunchaku, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past, and populations of two-headed Swans have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Luma's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nova Luma is ranked 193,424^th in the world and 441^st in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Average Incomes, with 46,394.9 Standard Monetary Units.