The United Socialist States of Duhansk is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, fear of technology, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 303 million Duhankers 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lurad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.8%.

The powerhouse Duhanskian economy, worth 23.6 trillion Duhansk Rubles a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,008 Duhansk Rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 240,128 per year while the poor average 19,577, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Most academic research has ground to a halt, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Duhansk to be bombproof, the nation's ambassadors often conduct their business in jail cells, and the nation's soldiers are considered the best-dressed in 10000 Islands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duhansk's national animal is the Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Duhansk is ranked 52,097^th in the world and 573^rd in 10000 Islands for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 90.52 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.