The Grand Duchy of Socialist test 393 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.634 billion Socialist test 393ians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Socialist test 393ian economy, worth 895 trillion Platinums 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 193,192 Platinums, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, and every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Socialist test 393's national animal is the Vulture, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Socialist test 393 is ranked 280,137^th in the world and 10,590^th in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 5.84 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.