The Armed Republic of Nova Romulus is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.761 billion Nova Romulusians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 85.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Nova Romulusian economy, worth 372 trillion Lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 134,845 Lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

It is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away", flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation, and newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Romulus's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nova Romulus is ranked 239,690^th in the world and 95^th in Fifth Empire for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 20,092.04 Standard Monetary Units.