The Socialist People's Republic of Pravitel is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by President Alexei Leonidovich with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, parental licensing program, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.716 billion Pravitelians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Torgovlya Metropolis. The average income tax rate is 85.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pravitelian economy, worth 651 trillion Pravitelian Liniyas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 175,379 Pravitelian Liniyas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Prison reforms have replaced communal luaus with communal loos, it's never "just a game" with Pravitelian sports fans, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, and the backs of 'No Trespassing' signs were made for you and me. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pravitel's national animal is the Pravitelian Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Pravitel is ranked 11,510^th in the world and 15^th in Declansburg for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 379.16 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.