The Sultanate of SOVIETrules is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 91 million SOVIETrulesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 53.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The SOVIETrulesian economy, worth 5.77 trillion marks a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,402 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, the blind lead the blind in social welfare, and board shorts have replaced board rooms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SOVIETrules's national animal is the Gorilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

SOVIETrules is ranked 123,501^st in the world and 275^th in Starlight for Smartest Citizens, with 33.24 quips per hour.