The Soviet Socialist Republic of Borivika is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 547 million Borivikans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gorkigrad. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Borivikan economy, worth 44.8 trillion Chervonets 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 81,831 Chervonets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, passengers often cause a stink on public transport, Leader signs the laws but abides by none of them, and giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Borivika's national animal is the Nautilidae, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Borivika is ranked 144,775^th in the world and 74^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Black Market, with 1.24 trillion Standard Monetary Units.