The Red Republic of Pertsjan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Chairman Artyenki with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.334 billion Pertsjanians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tolbhuran. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Pertsjanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,707 trillion Virtual Gold Bars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 203,037 Virtual Gold Bars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and rocket boots and thermal detonators have become standard-issue military gear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pertsjan's national animal is the Ghost of Karl Marx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pertsjan is ranked 3,105^th in the world and 7^th in The Internationale for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 100.44 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.