Russia Renamed 'Batshitzania'

MOSCOW, BATSHITZANIA–With political turmoil and economic chaos threatening to tear the nation apart, Russia’s parliament voted unanimously Monday to rename the crumbling former superpower “Batshitzania.” “We felt a new name was in order to suit our new identity,” said acting Batshitzanian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, standing atop a burning Kremlin. “Citizens are frantically trying to get rid of their worthless rubles, our nuclear weapons are sitting unguarded in abandoned silos, and the mentally unstable Boris Yeltsin, who is scheduled to undergo octuple-bypass surgery next week, refuses to step down. Basically, everything’s going bat-shit zany over here.” Other names considered for the collapsing nation include Kabloomia, Dystopskia and Hell.