The Commonwealth of Novatero is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 376 million Novateroans 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Novateroan economy, worth 23.0 trillion Horas a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,207 Horas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, and students abandon classrooms for online education. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novatero's national animal is the White Pigeon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Novatero is ranked 45,745^th in the world and 839^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,966.28 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.