The Holy Empire of Russk is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, aversion to nipples, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 595 million Russkians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Pregoria. The average income tax rate is 51.8%.

The powerhouse Russkian economy, worth 52.5 trillion Russiks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,273 Russiks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Jackboots have given the boot to the nobility, the unofficial motto of the nation's intelligence agency is "in Bont we trust", the military has a surprising tolerance for collateral damage, and women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Russk's national animal is the Ice Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Russk is ranked 21,675^th in the world and 3^rd in United Christian Countries for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,649.17 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.