The Commonwealth of Sovianew is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 679 million Sovianewians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of jujitsu kaisen. The average income tax rate is 11.5%.

The thriving Sovianewian economy, worth 36.6 trillion snds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. Average income is 53,944 snds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Tours to see the 'wild men of the mountains' are popular with tourists from the big cities, city-slickers are jelly of all the farmland the government is giving away, the government only announces the deaths of its members when it's convenient, and surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Sovianew's national animal is the elk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sovianew is ranked 163,565^th in the world and 3^rd in ulslo for Highest Poor Incomes, with 22,991.12 Standard Monetary Units.