The Soviet Datacommons is a semi-regular Federation wide census conducted within the Soviet Federation. Borne out of the Soviet Economic Advice Act, the purpose of the datacommons was orignally to monitor the progression, health and growth of Soviet economies. Since it's introduction in 3522, the Soviet datacommons has gradually been expanded to encompass greater indicies such as GDP, military spending and trading deficits. The datacommons is conducted once every 20 years.