The United Socialist Republic of Raskuska is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Karl Larsen Alexandor with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.478 billion Raskuskans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krayvi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.5%.

The Raskuskan economy, worth 205 trillion Raskuskian Rubles a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,996 Raskuskian Rubles, with the richest citizens earning 9.0 times as much as the poorest.

Gambling addicts regularly lose their families' nest eggs at Native Raskuskan casinos, victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, and annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raskuska's national animal is the Raskuskian Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Viden-Atheism.

Raskuska is ranked 75,443^rd in the world and 4,417^th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,846.48 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.