The Republic of Cherkessk is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Victor Czareshenko with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 36.483 billion Cherkesskians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Underworld. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.7%.

The all-consuming Cherkesskian economy, worth a remarkable 3,222 trillion snuqs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 88,321 snuqs, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

Religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, salmon racing stadiums are open 24/7, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, and truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cherkessk's national animal is the salmon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Cherkessk is ranked 46,893^rd in the world and 11^th in The TWR and NE Puppet Depot for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.