The Ruskov Confederation of Lugarvatn is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Yolanda Pilkashokota Tyrolopol with an even hand, and notable for its restrictive gun laws, stringent health and safety legislation, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.44 billion Lugarvats are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaosik. The average income tax rate is 80.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Novikque economy, worth 995 trillion Lugarvat Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 154,629 Lugarvat Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most citizens in Lugarvatn are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, terrorism and assassination are tried-and-true methods of political activism, and back-alley holistic doctors carry crystals in long trench coats. Crime is totally unknown. Lugarvatn's national animal is the Cheetah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam.

Lugarvatn is ranked 212,884^th in the world and 4^th in The Kaosik Conglomeration for Fattest Citizens, with 9.01 Obesity Rate.