The United People's Communes of Sovtaskar is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by The Sovtaskar Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, national health service, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cheerful population of 6.664 billion Sovtaskarians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Undergrowth. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovtaskarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,091 trillion Sovtaskar coins 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 163,723 Sovtaskar coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals always seem to be forewarned of police raids, "The Pride of the Sovtaskarian Skies" boasts an impressive 17 propellers and runs on turnip oil, military spending is on the increase, and the nation's gigantic air force is both respected and feared. Crime is totally unknown. Sovtaskar's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Sovtaskar is ranked 3,362^nd in the world and 81^st in The Communist Bloc for Longest Average Lifespans, with 93.59 years.