The Socialist Republic of Pogravska is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Trpimir Kremljević with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, parental licensing program, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.411 billion Pogravskans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dostojgrad. The average income tax rate is 88.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pogravskan economy, worth 175 trillion Pogs a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,708 Pogs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Birdsong in the mountains has to be loud enough to drown out nearby jackhammers, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, the government says only criminals harp on about "innocent until proven guilty", and they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pogravska's national animal is the Bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Communism.

Pogravska is ranked 210,153^rd in the world and 5^th in League of the Brotherhood and Unity for Most Beautiful Environments, with 468.97 pounds of wildlife per square mile.