The Peoples republic of Harshanistan is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Vladimir Zhukov with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, public floggings, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 19.43 billion Harshanistanians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flueli. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Harshanistanian economy, worth a remarkable 4,668 trillion knoreks 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, 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 an amazing 240,294 knoreks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police drones follow every suspected Peeping Tom, petitioners are increasingly resorting to climbing through Vladimir Zhukov's window to draw attention to their issues, a stitch in time could see you serving nine, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Harshanistan's national animal is the Kiwi, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Harshanistan is ranked 3,147^th in the world and 1^st in Red Star Region 3t for Lowest Crime Rates, with 128.88 law-abiding acts per hour.