The Republic of Winter Cultist 18 is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7.341 billion Winter Cultist 18ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 39.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Winter Cultist 18ian economy, worth 268 trillion 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 Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 36,544 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Winter Cultist 18's national animal is the wolf.

Winter Cultist 18 is ranked 129,944^th in the world and 1^st in New Uhta for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,228.56 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.