The Itallian State of Russo-Austria is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Seraphim I with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, pith helmet sales, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.718 billion Itallians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rome. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Itallian economy, worth a remarkable 3,763 trillion Pelicans 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. 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 295,884 Pelicans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Purple armbands are being issued to Violetists for ease of identification, schoolchildren are divided over Seraphim I's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, the newest member of the royal family does not speak a word of the nation's language, and they say insanity is torturing the same citizens over and over again and expecting a different result. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Russo-Austria's national animal is the Pelican, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Russo-Austria is ranked 15,121^st in the world and 5^th in The Third Entente for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 354.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.