The Russian States of Greater Israelia

The Russian States of Greater Israelia is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Mikhail Abernathy with an iron fist, and notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.159 billion 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21%. A healthy private sector is led by the Soda Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology industries.

Prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums, movies and computer games are strictly censored for violence, and Greater Israelia-made cars tend to catch fire in people's driveways. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Greater Israelia's national animal is the Lamb, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its currency is the Christian Dollar.