The Principality of Sturgova is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Grand Prince Jay with an iron fist, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.081 billion Sturgovians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Omori. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Sturgovi economy, worth 13.5 trillion Ovas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 12,465 Ovas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grand Prince Jay has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences, the nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand, it is common to still see adults with training wheels on their bikes, and the well-to-do in SimDemocracy are never on time for important appointments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sturgova's national animal is the Snow Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sturgova is ranked 208,619^th in the world and 16^th in SimDemocracy for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 42 on the Kitten Softness Rating.