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The Commonwealth of Novatero is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, prohibition of alcohol, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 342 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 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Novateroan economy, worth 18.8 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 54,830 Horas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, the transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, and children play ring-around-the-rosey around bonfires of videogame cartridges. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very 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 310,165^th in the world and 3,594^th in the South Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 5.90 billion Standard Monetary Units.