The United People's Communes of Sovtaskar is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by The Sovtaskar Council with an even hand, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 6.397 billion Sovtaskarians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Undergrowth. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovtaskarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,002 trillion Sovtaskar coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 156,748 Sovtaskar coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sweat stains are proof of political acumen, children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and relations with Merovingia are as cold as Sovtaskar's high-security cell blocks. Crime is totally unknown. Sovtaskar's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Sovtaskar is ranked 22,919^th in the world and 143^rd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Average Incomes, with 156,748.35 Standard Monetary Units.