The Proletarian Republic of Vsshtak is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Chairman Vang Hazewound with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.291 billion Vsshtakians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unity. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vsshtakian economy, worth 584 trillion Dragon Marks 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 an impressive 136,134 Dragon Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

State media features lively debates such as whether pineapple on pizza is an acceptable topping, Vsshtakians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, army doctors who come under attack defend themselves by using stethoscopes like nunchaku, and war vets look after war animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vsshtak's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Congregation of Iron.

Vsshtak is ranked 42,061^st in the world and 39^th in Institute of Cellulose for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,504.97 on the Gilded Widget Scale.