The Empire of Russkolan is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Eagle population. The compassionate, cynical population of 126 million Russkolanians 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 relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 14.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Russkolanian economy, worth 7.03 trillion Rubls a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,818 Rubls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

People believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble, cults that offer eternal life after death to those who follow a self-sacrificing saviour are frowned upon, and the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Russkolan's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Russkolan is ranked 183,758^th in the world and 527^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 338.78 on the Gilded Widget Scale.