The United Socialist States of Nivgrad is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Secretary Andrei Kedrov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.327 billion Nivgradians 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, corrupt, 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 Nivgrad City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Nivgradian economy, worth a remarkable 2,683 trillion Nivgradian Marks 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 259,846 Nivgradian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is famous for bravely sending wave after wave of its soldiers until the enemy runs out of bullets, dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, Air Nivgrad is rumored to receive more government funding than the Nivgradian Air Force, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nivgrad's national animal is the Arctic Caterpiller, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nivgrad is ranked 7,974^th in the world and 110^th in Europeia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,814.88 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.