The Republic of Svetvostok is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 311 million Svetvostokians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.8%.

The very strong Svetvostokian economy, worth 20.9 trillion Hwans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 67,359 Hwans, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, military spending recently hit a new high, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Svetvostok's national animal is the Polar Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Svetvostok is ranked 118,875^th in the world and 11^th in Esvanovia for Safest, scoring 73.74 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.