The Democratic Capitalist Empire of Nuvo is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Adi III with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 856 million Nuvoans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basend. The average income tax rate is 53.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nuvoan economy, worth 119 trillion Emeralds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 139,409 Emeralds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The urban poor thumbs down the new hitchhiking ban, the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit, cheap textbooks have replaced coasters at college ragers, and charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial. Crime is totally unknown. Nuvo's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nuvo is ranked 213,827^th in the world and 139^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.