The Allied States of Eastern Repusv is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 365 million Repusvites are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Verkhovnyy-Gorod. The average income tax rate is 54.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Repusvian economy, worth 29.7 trillion credits 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 81,445 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, fearful citizens watch their every move as does their government, citizens are forced to donate blood once every three months, and little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern Repusv's national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Eastern Repusv is ranked 171,506^th in the world and 694^th in the Plains of Perdition for Smartest Citizens, with 27.15 quips per hour.