The United People's Communes of Sovtaskar is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by The Sovtaskar Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 6.397 billion Sovtaskarians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Undergrowth. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovtaskarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,002 trillion Sovtaskar coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 156,654 Sovtaskar coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Relations with Merovingia are as cold as Sovtaskar's high-security cell blocks, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, and referenda are held for every conceivable government action. Crime is totally unknown. Sovtaskar's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Sovtaskar is ranked 23,008^th in the world and 143^rd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Average Incomes, with 156,654.29 Standard Monetary Units.