The Grand Duchy of Kharkov is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Maochao with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 48.192 billion Kharkovites 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 8.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Kharkovian economy, worth an astonishing 11,279 trillion gold pieces a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 234,055 gold pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kharkov City is a police state during international summits, only native-born Kharkovites who have never left the nation are permitted to run for office, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, and soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kharkov's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kharkov is ranked 9,155^th in the world and 1^st in Future Panthalassa for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,398.39 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.