The City-State of Senhora dos Mares is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Matilde da Encarnação Oliveira with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, conspicuous electricity pylons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 4.644 billion Nova-lisboetas love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Lisboa. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Nova-lisboeta economy, worth 967 trillion Libras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 208,245 Libras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses, the musical cognoscenti insist the national anthem just isn't the same without a double contrabass flute, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, and passengers often cause a stink on public transport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Senhora dos Mares's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Senhora dos Mares is ranked 325,858^th in the world and 242^nd in Fifth Empire for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 3,956.66 Standard Monetary Units.