The People's Republic of Orelchik is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Elliot Rostislavovich with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.257 billion Orelchikians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kotnovo. The average income tax rate is 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Orelchikian economy, worth 526 trillion Rubles 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 Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 123,784 Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, and industry leaders commend the government for enacting an emissions reduction strategy that reduces no Orelchikian emissions at all. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orelchik's national animal is the Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Orelchik is ranked 11,325^th in the world and 149^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Governments, scoring 34.45 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.