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“Zhit' stalo luchshe, zhit' stalo veselej!”

The Communist Federation of Stoklomolvi is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Vladimir Stuyonovich with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.207 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vladistov. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, Stoklomolvi's leader goes out to lunch surrounded by large men in dark glasses, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and citizens who become homeless are immediately executed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stoklomolvi's national animal is the Siberian Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the stoklomov.

Stoklomolvi is ranked 38th in the region and 53,829th in the world for Best Weather.