The Counter-Espionage Service of SMERSH is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.6 billion Operatives are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscow. The average income tax rate is 49.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish SMERSHian economy, worth 83.7 trillion Soviet Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 23,255 Soviet Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military will start wars with other nations on a lark, the might of the entire SMERSHian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders, foreign heads of state have taken out restraining orders against SMERSHian ambassadors, and Leader has taken to wearing medal-adorned military uniform in all public appearances. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SMERSH's national animal is the Soviet Bear.

SMERSH is ranked 163,917^th in the world and 2^nd in Soviet Russia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 340.41 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.