The Czarate of Kharkolov is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Czar Kasimir I with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.351 billion Kharkolovians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rekisir. The average income tax rate is 68.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kharkolovic economy, worth 661 trillion Slaiks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 123,598 Slaiks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Anyone who sneezes at border crossings is turned away, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, and hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kharkolov's national animal is the Nordic Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Northern Koristiariyy.

Kharkolov is ranked 211,031^st in the world and 1,262^nd in Europe for Safest, scoring 35.99 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.