The Allied States of Eastern Repusv is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, prohibition of alcohol, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 245 million Repusvites are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 52.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Repusvian economy, worth 17.3 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 70,444 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolchildren are arrested for possessing sidewalk chalk without a permit, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', and retirees make up the bulk of foreign students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern Repusv's national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Eastern Repusv is ranked 27,667^th in the world and 191^st in the Plains of Perdition for Safest, scoring 109.99 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.