The Commonwealth of Novarian Federation is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its national health service, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 145 million Nov Federas are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Novarian Federationist economy, worth 6.48 trillion Vegons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,667 Vegons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Novarian Federation's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, and many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novarian Federation's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Novarian Federation is ranked 70,009^th in the world and 58^th in The Frontier Sea for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 109.32 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.