The People's Republic of Sovian is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate population of 303 million Sovianians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Sovianian economy, worth 20.6 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,853 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, large-girthed charity workers assign themselves healthy wages for their work with starving children, most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments, and Chekhov's guns are killing the entertainment budget. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sovian's national animal is the Cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sovian is ranked 70,750^th in the world and 421^st in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 19.89 flags saluted per person per day.