The Regional Defence Council of Stravonskaya is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Congress of Workers and Peasants with a fair hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.112 billion Stravonskans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Juno-on-Petroff. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Stravonskan economy, worth 633 trillion Labour Vouchers 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 significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 154,046 Labour Vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Congress of Workers and Peasants has been known to make speeches in fishing waders, glamping Stravonskans won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, and the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances. Crime is totally unknown. Stravonskaya's national animal is the Sabo-Tabby, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pluralism.

Stravonskaya is ranked 7,122^nd in the world and 205^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 8,857.41 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.