The People's Republic of Orlavia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Premier Yuri Alexeyev with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.832 billion Orlavians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krasnogorsk. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Orlavian economy, worth 178 trillion Krunas 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 97,398 Krunas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Orlavian Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock, scientists take credit every time it rains in Carcassonne, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orlavia's national animal is the Orlavian brown bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Orlavian Orthodox.

Orlavia is ranked 67,535^th in the world and 142^nd in Carcassonne for Highest Average Incomes, with 97,398.41 Standard Monetary Units.