The Shmoongis Worshipping Empire of The Kharkivan Cossacks is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Volodymyr Oleksenko with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 951 million Kharkivan Cossacks are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kharkiv. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Kharkivan Cossack economy, worth 174 trillion KharKiven Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 183,192 KharKiven Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 557,071 per year while the poor average 46,785, a ratio of 11.9 to 1.

Prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, and formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Kharkivan Cossacks's national animal is the Black Stallion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Kharkivan Cossacks is ranked 35,584^th in the world and 17^th in Imperial World Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.84 law-abiding acts per hour.