The THINGS EXPLODE of Volitak is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.292 billion malicious assassins are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.6%.

The very strong malicious economy, worth 335 trillion rubledollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 63,489 rubledollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 197,554 per year while the poor average 15,688, a ratio of 12.6 to 1.

Hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", Harry Potter books are banned, military spending recently hit a new high, and TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Volitak's national animal is the malicious hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Volitak is ranked 90,966^th in the world and 1,204^th in Suspicious for Highest Food Quality, scoring 24.85 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.