The Dominion of NovaByte is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Mirolla with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, ritual sacrifices, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.362 billion NovaByteans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atheson. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The powerhouse NovaBytean economy, worth 359 trillion Cookies a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 66,986 Cookies, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Reports of arson have doubled since the introduction of a privatised fire protection service, reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors, the Atheson Pride Parade's head banner explains how unionizing is heteronormative, and Tesco was recently named as the new national treasurer. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. NovaByte's national animal is the Doggy, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Violetism.

NovaByte is ranked 174,522^nd in the world and 6^th in Federation of Galactic Empires for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.85 percentage of bribes refused.