The Democratic People's Republic of Sachalin is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Shagidzyanov Yaroslav with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.096 billion Sachalinis 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 medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kremlev. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.4%.

The all-consuming Sachalini economy, worth 113 trillion Sachalin Rubles 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 impressive 103,817 Sachalin Rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 343,265 per year while the poor average 23,472, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

The Not a Tax Haven Foundation is the most popular charity, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, and studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sachalin's national animal is the Horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Sachalin is ranked 301,303^rd in the world and 24^th in Raspberry Commune for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 27.34 on the Kitten Softness Rating.