The Techno-Priesthood of Pyatingrad is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Fabricator-General Fyodor Karamov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, strictly enforced bedtime, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.785 billion Pyatingradians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novosibirska. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pyatingradian economy, worth a remarkable 3,888 trillion Ducats 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, 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 360,551 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Banned objects are regularly legalized if they've been successfully stolen from the government, finders keepers is the law of the land, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, and more and more people are signing up for the government party. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pyatingrad's national animal is the Servitor, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Cult Mechanicus.

Pyatingrad is ranked 291,109^th in the world and 43^rd in United Commonwealth for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.37 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.