The Socialist Federation of Ciskavkazia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Pochvenov with an even hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.194 billion Ciskavkazians 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 Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krasnogorod. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ciskavkazian economy, worth 140 trillion Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 117,755 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hell is not always other people, hammer and sickle-wielding space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on, protests are legal but strictly supervised, and many mayors are barely in office before being kicked out for minor parking violations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ciskavkazia's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ciskavkazia is ranked 7,141^st in the world and 11^th in Carcassonne for Safest, scoring 125.71 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.