The Red Republic of Pertsjan is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Chairman Artyenki with a fair hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.205 billion Pertsjanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tolbhuran. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Pertsjanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,820 trillion Virtual Gold Bars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 222,046 Virtual Gold Bars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vital intelligence-gathering activities are often put on hold for Call of Honor tournaments, government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, and when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pertsjan's national animal is the Ghost of Karl Marx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pertsjan is ranked 1,399^th in the world and 33^rd in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 158.01 law-abiding acts per hour.