The Roman Empire of Nova Polane is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Caesar Augustus IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, prohibition of alcohol, and smutty television. The hard-working, cynical population of 4.284 billion Polishes are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varsaviae. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Nova Polanean economy, worth 422 trillion Latinic Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,675 Latinic Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 299,607 per year while the poor average 25,255, a ratio of 11.9 to 1.

A rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, politicians can't accept birthday presents from their own children, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, and the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova Polane's national animal is the Polish Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholic Christianity.

Nova Polane is ranked 132,613^th in the world and 6,101^st in Lazarus for Highest Poor Incomes, with 25,255.13 Standard Monetary Units.