The United Socialist States of Usovakia is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 654 million Usovakians 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 Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Usovakian economy, worth 7.60 trillion Sokas 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 11,620 Sokas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Usovakia City, the breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in Usovakia, and visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Usovakia's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Usovakia is ranked 220,948^th in the world and 57^th in Iris for Largest Populations, with 654 million capita.