The Socialist Republic of Novaya Russland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Premier Pytr Ignatenco with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.901 billion Russians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Petersburg. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Novaya Russlandian economy, worth 440 trillion Bochkas 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, 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 89,939 Bochkas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

War vets look after war animals, barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Saint Petersburg Natural History Museum, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, and international trade can be a pain to deal with. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novaya Russland's national animal is the Stag, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Novaya Russland is ranked 141,215^th in the world and 1^st in Trajan for Safest, scoring 68.15 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.