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RUSSIA

Capital : Moscow

Language : Russian

Major Religion : Christianity (also Islam, practiced by the Volgar Tators, Chuvash, and Bashkirs, and Buddhism, practiced by the Buryats, Tyvans, and Kalmyks)

Population : 147,100,000

Currency : Ruble

GNP : "Diddley" divided by "squat"

Selected Crops : Potatoes, cabbages, flex fibers, mobsters

Selected Industrial Products : Particle board, tractors, rubber footwear, uranium

Contribution to Jeff's Literary Career :
"A Cracked Ferry Tail," published in Visions, a publication jointly published in the United States and Russia

Fun Fact :
- Studies show that among the most depressed individuals in Russia at the moment are the military forces guarding and maintaining Russia's nuclear arsenal
- Russia has published and repressed the work of more genius-level writers than any other country in the world: Vassily Grossman, Bulgakov, Gogol, Nabokov, Pushkin, etc.

[Note: All country-specific information derives from The Europa World Year Book, 1999, Volumes I and II, 40th edition, from Europa Publications.]