The Cummonwealth of Sovianew is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, prohibition of alcohol, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 767 million Sovianewians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of jujitsu kaisen. The average income tax rate is 12.6%.

The thriving Sovianewian economy, worth 41.1 trillion snds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 53,620 snds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Injured workers are encouraged to 'stitch themselves up with their bootstraps', an inkwell of goats' blood is supplied on school desks across the nation, politicians cheer the nation's surging death rate, and election officials are delivered in 30 minutes or money back. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Sovianew's national animal is the elk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sovianew is ranked 229,874^th in the world and 2^nd in ulslo for Largest Black Market, with 289 billion Standard Monetary Units.