It is not known whether there is anything alive left beyond the borders of the Federation, but from the Reproductor they say: if there is anything left, then nothing good. It is not clear whether the bears living next door are plotting a coup, but the evening news advises building bear pits. And most importantly: they report that the Headman will personally punish the leadership of the Department of Gifts, and now everyone agrees - it’s high time! Zakharov talks about a post-apocalyptic reality in which a certain Federation, which is not a federation at all, remains in complete isolation after a mysterious cataclysm, and people don’t even know if they survived the rest of the world has either gone to hell. However, this Federation is fiercely searched for agents and enemies, and has rather extravagant morals and ideas of good and evil. People have to coexist with bears that have learned to speak. One of them even hosts an analytical program on the main media channel. Life in a closed bureaucratic reality, life with a constantly screaming Speaker of correct ideas, life with talking bears - Zakharov came up with all this and wrote it back in 2006, but only edited it now.