The Armed Republic of Malontsk is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 189 million Malontskians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 64.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Malontskian economy, worth 3.80 trillion Malontsk roubles 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 Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 20,118 Malontsk roubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Malontsk is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Malontskian Navy, 1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, and social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Malontsk's national animal is the Malontskian hog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Malontsk is ranked 88,858^th in the world and 3^rd in Kazanlandia for Most Patriotic, with 16.33 flags saluted per person per day.