The Independent Territory of Nova Rhodia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Amiya Theresia with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, pith helmet sales, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.535 billion Nova Rhodians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rhodes Island. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Nova Rhodian economy, worth 690 trillion rhodes dollars 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 195,258 rhodes dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, the endangered saltwater humpback originium slug is only seen in captivity programs, Nova Rhodia is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time. Crime is totally unknown. Nova Rhodia's national animal is the originium slug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sapphism.

Nova Rhodia is ranked 5,641^st in the world and 148^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 534.15 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.