The Second People's Republic of Vologda State is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Alexander Volkov with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, devout population of 1.757 billion Vologda Stateans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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 Vologda. The average income tax rate is 85.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Vologda Statean economy, worth 165 trillion Vologda rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Trout Farming. Average income is 94,374 Vologda rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary, lip-readers are often left perplexed by political rallies, adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, and military pistols are more secure than the national treasury. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vologda State's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Vologda State is ranked 253,050^th in the world and 7^th in Confederation of Northern Regions for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.