The Democratic People's Republic of Sachalin is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Shagidzyanov Yaroslav with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 997 million Sachalinis 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kremlev. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.6%.

The thriving Sachalini economy, worth 91.2 trillion Sachalin Rubles 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 Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 91,482 Sachalin Rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 311,725 per year while the poor average 19,773, a ratio of 15.8 to 1.

Foreign lack of enthusiasm for Sachalini nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, third world countries are rich in "I Love Kremlev" t-shirts, in the mighty jungle the lion once again sleeps tonight, and residents are readily ratting out rats in restaurants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sachalin's national animal is the Horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sachalin is ranked 48,839^th in the world and 1^st in Raspberry Commune for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,990.07 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.