The United Socialist States of Seryozha is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 900 million Seryozhans 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 large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Muscev. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Seryozhan economy, worth 11.8 trillion rublejets 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 13,059 rublejets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The local custom of Biking With The Cars sends tourists home bemused or in body-bags, barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Muscev Natural History Museum, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, and the smell of napalm in the morning is usually alongside grilled Russian Bear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Seryozha's national animal is the Russian Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Seryozha is ranked 264,994^th in the world and 7^th in Nova Iris for Least Corrupt Governments, with 90.9 percentage of bribes refused.