The United Socialist States of Kupala and Kostroma is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Putin with an iron fist, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 19.386 billion Kupala and Kostromans are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Russia. The average income tax rate is 65.0%.

The strong Kupala and Kostroman economy, worth a remarkable 1,373 trillion Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 70,860 Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Abortions are routinely performed in Kupala and Kostroma's hospitals, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, and Putin has just been declared ruler of Kupala and Kostroma in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kupala and Kostroma's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kupala and Kostroma is ranked 92,566^th in the world and 4,930^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.83 law-abiding acts per hour.