The United Socialist States of Kadrograd is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 758 million Kadrogradians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of вологда. The average income tax rate is 53.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Kadrogradian economy, worth 67.2 trillion rubles 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 Information Technology, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 88,621 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kadrograd is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Kadrograd, and class clowns are frequently listed among the most dangerous criminals in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kadrograd's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Kadrograd is ranked 62,225^th in the world and 3,752^nd in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.35 law-abiding acts per hour.