The United Socialist States of Novolutia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 675 million Novolutians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lumeria. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Novolutian economy, worth 23.9 trillion Lumins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 35,420 Lumins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process, promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, and judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novolutia's national animal is the Armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Novolutia is ranked 174,925^th in the world and 355^th in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 53.93 on the Human Development Index.