The Democratic Republic of Ruskistania is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Russki with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.85 billion Ruskistanis are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saskia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ruskistani economy, worth 785 trillion Capybs a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 161,965 Capybs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 835,642 per year while the poor average 17,100, a ratio of 48.9 to 1.

Exploding toys that leak battery acid are back in the shops after the government declared child safety 'over-rated', migrating birds in the nation's airspace are considered a violation of national sovereignty, Capybaras are frequently shot for looking at people 'in a funny way', and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruskistania's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Capybaraism.

Ruskistania is ranked 254,043^rd in the world and 4,509^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -121.32 on the Scary Big Number Scale.