The Techno-Priesthood of Pyatingrad is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Fabricator-General Fyodor Karamov with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, ritual sacrifices, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.841 billion Pyatingradians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novosibirska. The average income tax rate is 61.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pyatingradian economy, worth a remarkable 3,943 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 363,714 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The Pyatingradian government claim that Pyatingradians are oppressed out of love, the national security service are a bunch of crooks, convicted crypto-miners are sent to the salt mines, and power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pyatingrad's national animal is the Servitor, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Cult Mechanicus.

Pyatingrad is ranked 164,087^th in the world and 31^st in United Commonwealth for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 583.95 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.