The Republic of Sovansk is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.952 billion Sovanskians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Knyazovo. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Sovanskian economy, worth 148 trillion zolitoks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 50,425 zolitoks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, environmental legislation occurs cyclically, the right school tie opens more doors than the right qualification, and deceased politicians spam the public with thousands of AI-generated voicemails. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sovansk's national animal is the Sovanskiy Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sovansk is ranked 278,983^rd in the world and 4,825^th in The East Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.67 kickbacks per hour.