The Turkic miniSultanate of Novalk Peninsula is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.376 billion Novalk Peninsulans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The very strong Novalk Peninsular economy, worth 297 trillion lire a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is 68,013 lire, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 266,086 per year while the poor average 11,843, a ratio of 22.5 to 1.

Young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Novalk Peninsula's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Novalk Peninsula is ranked 240,771^st in the world and 63^rd in Mrs Doubtfire for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 926.01 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.