The People's Republic of Sordkovia is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 614 million Sordkovians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zvyozdograd. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Sordkovian economy, worth 19.9 trillion Rivs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,335 Rivs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', constipated disaster survivors are rapidly learning that MRE is short for "Meal Requiring Enemas", cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, and many believe that Leader's head is big enough for the sun to orbit around it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sordkovia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sordkovia is ranked 49,388^th in the world and 641^st in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 689.29 pounds of wildlife per square mile.