The Sultanate of SOVIETrules is a tiny, orderly nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 12 million SOVIETrulesians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 51.4%.

The developing SOVIETrulesian economy, worth 419 billion marks a year, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,992 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Destitute athletes are forced to train in the street, elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-mark mansions, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, and torture is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SOVIETrules's national animal is the Gorilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

SOVIETrules is ranked 122,571^st in the world and 240^th in Starlight for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,641.48 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.