Location: Socialist Federative Republics

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Socialist Republic of Russkya is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by The Supremo with an iron fist, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 16.462 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

The people are furious with the government for allowing citizens to be executed for petty crimes in foreign countries, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, and children spout "Semper Paratus" involuntarily throughout the day. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Russkya's national animal is the Grey Steppe Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Russkyari.

Russkya is ranked 4th in Socialist Federative Republics and 93,901st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -25 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and