The People's Republic of Soviscian is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 26 million Soviscianians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The weak Soviscianian economy, worth 808 billion DNRS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. Average income is 31,113 DNRS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, and government workers are more efficient and more unhappy than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soviscian's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Soviscian is ranked 117,891^st in the world and 2^nd in Ashes of LPH for Highest Poor Incomes, with 27,107.88 Standard Monetary Units.