The Matriarchy of SN Smolensk is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 5.162 billion SN Smolenskians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 21.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The SN Smolenskian economy, worth 251 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,702 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, odysseying merchant sailors swear that they've heard sirens in the western seas, engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy, and sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SN Smolensk's national animal is the Kitsune.

SN Smolensk is ranked 176,516^th in the world and 7^th in Soviet Navy for Most Developed, scoring 54.29 on the Human Development Index.