The Socialist Commonwealth of Old Jeresy is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Comrade Alexi Alexievich with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 7.307 billion Old Jeresyians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old Yoerk City. The average income tax rate is 93.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Old Jeresyian economy, worth 886 trillion Marxes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 121,364 Marxes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

AI chess masters play the Bongcloud opening to mock their human opponents, diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them, national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys', and foreign 'investors' have been taking a great interest in the new secret shuttle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Jeresy's national animal is the Pallas's Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Old Jeresy is ranked 6,872^nd in the world and 172^nd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 93.38 Effective Tax Rate.