The People's Republic of Malontsk is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 136 million Malontskians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 65.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Malontskian economy, worth 2.70 trillion Malontsk roubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 19,888 Malontsk roubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, the practice of capital punishment proves divisive, and Maxtopian Grass flags adorn every college dorm room. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Malontsk's national animal is the Malontskian hog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Malontsk is ranked 63,327^th in the world and 918^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Beautiful Environments, with 633.31 pounds of wildlife per square mile.