The State of Chernaya Zvezda is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its vat-grown people, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.542 billion Chernaya Zvezdans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jerusalem. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Chernaya Zvezdan economy, worth 419 trillion Kesefs 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 64,147 Kesefs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government invades its allies more than its enemies, a soldier's body is a temple, bald-headed monks sit around the National Meditation Park looking smugly content, and anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chernaya Zvezda's national animal is the Eurasian griffon vulture, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Chernaya Zvezda is ranked 286,884^th in the world and 5,346^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -17.06 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.