The United Socialist States of Struve is a large, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and pith helmet sales. The cynical population of 163 million Struveans 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Struvean economy, worth 8.98 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 quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 55,106 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The recycled air in planes is nauseating, exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain, politicians have seen a significant reduction in followers on their social media accounts, and enthusiasm for abstract art has gone up in smoke. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Struve's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Struve is ranked 301,565^th in the world and 5^th in The Great Sound for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.16 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.