The Techno-Priesthood of Pyatingrad is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fabricator-General Fyodor Karamov with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, national health service, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.742 billion Pyatingradians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novosibirska. The average income tax rate is 57.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Pyatingradian economy, worth a remarkable 3,811 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 354,856 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tumbleweeds are seen blowing through the nation's airspace, wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, the big red machine has ground to a halt, and tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pyatingrad's national animal is the Servitor, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Cult Mechanicus.

Pyatingrad is ranked 288,114^th in the world and 44^th in United Commonwealth for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.9 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.