The Great Republic of Svetruss is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Gregor Bilivich with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 5.435 billion Svetrussians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soklgrad. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Svetrussian economy, worth 510 trillion Drevas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,958 Drevas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Skateparks can be found in every city, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Svetruss's national animal is the Grey Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is the Lady of the Stars.

Svetruss is ranked 20,301^st in the world and 1,364^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 89.46 law-abiding acts per hour.